Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 25, 2024 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to ways and means |
Feb 07, 2023 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 26, 2023 |
referred to children and families |
Assembly Bill A2526
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
HEVESI
Current Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Al Taylor
Mary Beth Walsh
Jeffrion Aubry
Taylor Darling
2023-A2526 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A2526 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2526 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 26, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, TAYLOR, WALSH, AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to expanding the right to assistance of counsel to include petitioner kinship caregivers in custody and guardianship proceedings and respondents in guardianship proceedings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 262 of the family court act, as added by chapter 682 of the laws of 1975, the opening paragraph as amended by section 3 of part A of chapter 3 of the laws of 2005, para- graphs (i) and (iv) as amended and paragraph (ix) as added by chapter 3 of the laws of 2012, paragraph (ii) as amended by chapter 693 of the laws of 1981, paragraph (iii) as amended by chapter 666 of the laws of 1976, and paragraph (viii) as added by chapter 456 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: (a) Each of the persons described below in this subdivision has the right to the assistance of counsel. When such person first appears in court, the judge shall advise such person before proceeding that he or she has the right to be represented by counsel of his or her own choos- ing, of the right to have an adjournment to confer with counsel, and of the right to have counsel assigned by the court in any case where he or she is financially unable to obtain the same: (i) the respondent in any proceeding under article ten or ten-A of this act and the petitioner in any proceeding under part eight of arti- cle ten of this act; (ii) the petitioner and the respondent in any proceeding under article eight of this act; (iii) the respondent in any proceeding under part three OR FOUR of article six of this act; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00507-01-3 A. 2526 2
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