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S 8179: Extends current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs under the welfare reform act of 1997.
What S 8179 does, verified September 28, 2025
The bill aims to extend the current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs. It amends the welfare reform act of 1997 to make these exemptions last longer. The exemptions will no longer expire on November 1, 1997, as originally stated, but will instead be repealed on August 22, 2027. However, if the bill becomes law after August 22, 2025, it will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: SUBSTITUTED BY A8433 (2025-06-09)Alert me
Quick answers about S 8179
- What is the current status of S 8179?
- As of September 28, 2025, S 8179 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 9, 2025, was "SUBSTITUTED BY A8433".
- Did S 8179 pass?
- Not yet. S 8179 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 8179, and where is it now?
- S 8179 was authored by Sen. Roxanne Persaud.
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| Jun. 09, 2025 | SUBSTITUTED BY A8433 |
| Jun. 04, 2025 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1571 |
| Jun. 04, 2025 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES |
| May. 19, 2025 | REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 19, 2025 · 246 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8179 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- (at request of the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, constituting the welfare reform act of 1997, in relation to extending the current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 153 of part B of chapter 436 of 2 the laws of 1997, constituting the welfare reform act of 1997, as 3 amended by chapter 195 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 (c) Section sixteen of this act shall take effect November 1, 1997 and 6 expire and be deemed repealed August 22, [2025] 2027; 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 8 if this act shall have become a law on or after August 22, 2025 this act 9 shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full 10 force and effect on and after August 22, 2025. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10171-01-5
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