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S 2597 NY
Passed Legislature

Establishes standards for public access to family court proceedings

NY · session 2025-2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 21, 2025

Latest action (Feb 11, 2026) REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Summary

Establishes standards for public access to family court proceedings and when a judge can exclude individuals from proceedings.

Sponsor (1)
1 coauthor / cosponsor

Action history (16)
  1. Jan 21, 2025 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · upper
  2. Feb 11, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.348 · upper
  3. Feb 12, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
  4. Feb 24, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
  5. Mar 26, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
  6. Mar 26, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
  7. Mar 26, 2025 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · lower
  8. Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
  9. Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
  10. Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · upper
  11. Feb 4, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.241 · upper
  12. Feb 5, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
  13. Feb 9, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
  14. Feb 11, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
  15. Feb 11, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
  16. Feb 11, 2026 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · lower

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