Bill Title: Prohibits the making of decisions concerning guardianship, custody or visitation or adoption petitions solely on the basis of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's blindness; prohibits the department of social services from denying, deciding or opposing a petition or request for guardianship, custody or visitation solely because the petitioner is blind and prohibits the department of social services from taking actions solely because a parent, custodian or guardian is blind.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-8)

Status: (Passed) 2021-10-08 - signed chap.442 [A02113 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember Jo Simon [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Kenneth Blankenbush [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-117	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Vivian Cook [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember David McDonough [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-014	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Philip Palmesano [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-132	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Gary Pretlow [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-089	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Rebecca Seawright [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-076	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Inez Dickens [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-070	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-051	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Karines Reyes [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-087	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Kieran Lalor [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-105	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Kevin Byrne [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-094	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Karen McMahon [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-146	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Monica Wallace [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-143	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Michael Norris [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-144	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Thomas Abinanti [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-092	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Michael Benedetto [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-082	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember William Colton [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Sandra Galef [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-095	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Andrew Goodell [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-150	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Richard Gottfried [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-075	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Donna Lupardo [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-123	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Michael Montesano [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-015	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Dan Quart [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-073	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-067	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Phillip Steck [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-110	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember David Weprin [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-024	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Kenneth Zebrowski [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-096	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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