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S 8198: Relates to requiring certain records checks in child custody proceedings involving orders of protection; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.
What S 8198 does, verified September 28, 2025
The bill aims to amend the Family Court Act to enhance child safety in family offense cases. The court can now award custody of the child to either parent or an appropriate relative during the term of the order of protection. Before making this decision, the court must review reports from the sex offender registry, statewide computerized registry of orders of protection, and related court decisions. This review helps ensure that the child's safety is prioritized and that the court has access to relevant information. The bill also repeals certain provisions of the law relating to records checks in family offense cases. The new provisions will take effect thirty days after the bill becomes a law.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: SUBSTITUTED BY A8407 (2025-06-10)Alert me
Quick answers about S 8198
- What is the current status of S 8198?
- As of September 28, 2025, S 8198 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 10, 2025, was "SUBSTITUTED BY A8407".
- Did S 8198 pass?
- Not yet. S 8198 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 8198, and where is it now?
- S 8198 was authored by Sen. Jabari Brisport.
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| Jun. 10, 2025 | SUBSTITUTED BY A8407 |
| Jun. 10, 2025 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1782 |
| Jun. 10, 2025 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES |
| May. 29, 2025 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE |
| May. 20, 2025 | REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 20, 2025 · 350 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8198 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BRISPORT -- (at request of the Unified Court System) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to records checks in family offense cases involving custody of, or access to, children; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph of section 842 of the 2 family court act, as amended by chapter 335 of the laws of 2019, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 The court may also award custody of the child, during the term of the 5 order of protection to either parent, or to an appropriate relative 6 within the second degree. Prior to awarding custody pursuant to this 7 paragraph, the court shall direct a review pursuant to section six 8 hundred fifty-one of this act of the reports of the sex offender regis- 9 try established and maintained pursuant to section one hundred sixty- 10 eight-b of the correction law, reports of the statewide computerized 11 registry of orders of protection established and maintained pursuant to 12 section two hundred twenty-one-a of the executive law, related decisions 13 in court proceedings conducted pursuant to article ten of this act, and 14 all warrants issued pursuant to this act. Nothing in this section gives 15 the court power to place or board out any child or to commit a child to 16 an institution or agency. 17 § 2. The eighth undesignated paragraph of section 842 of the family 18 court act is REPEALED. 19 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 20 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08879-01-5
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