Assembly BillIntroduced
A 7747: Relates to the fingerprinting of prospective child day care employees and sharing fingerprint results.
What A 7747 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to improve the background check process for prospective employees of child day care centers in New York. The bill requires the Department of Education to forward a copy of an individual's criminal history record and fingerprints to the Office of Children and Family Services. This process is intended to ensure that child care centers have access to accurate and up-to-date information about prospective employees' criminal history. The bill also allows the Office of Children and Family Services to receive subsequent criminal history notifications directly from the Division of Criminal Justice Services. The bill takes effect immediately, allowing for the streamlined process of background checks for child care center employees.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to children and families (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7747
- What is the current status of A 7747?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7747 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to children and families".
- Did A 7747 pass?
- Not yet. A 7747 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7747, and where is it now?
- A 7747 was authored by Asm. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Children & Families.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to children and families |
| Apr. 08, 2025 | referred to children and families |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 8, 2025 · 281 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7747 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, KELLES, BENDETT, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the fingerprint- ing of prospective employees of child day care centers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 390-b of the social services law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 3 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon 4 request from a prospective employee or volunteer who has been cleared by 5 the commissioner of education pursuant to section three thousand thir- 6 ty-five of the education law, the department of education shall be 7 authorized to forward a copy of such individual's criminal history 8 record and such individual's fingerprints to the commissioner of the 9 office of children and family services for purposes of conducting a 10 criminal history record check pursuant to this section. Furthermore, 11 upon notification that such prospective employee has been cleared for 12 employment by the commissioner of the office of children and family 13 services pursuant to this section, the division of criminal justice 14 services shall have the authority to provide subsequent criminal history 15 notifications directly to such commissioner. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03814-01-5
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