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S9764 • 2025

Prevents a judge from prohibiting a parent from undergoing a gender reassignment when making a determination in a child custody case

Prevents a judge from prohibiting a parent from undergoing a gender reassignment when making a determination in a child custody case

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Sponsor
Luis R. Sepúlveda
Last action
2026-05-19
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prevents a judge from prohibiting a parent from undergoing a gender reassignment when making a determination in a child custody case

Prevents a judge from prohibiting a parent from undergoing a gender reassignment when making a determination in a child custody case Provides that the judge shall not prohibit a parent from undergoing gender reassignment.

What This Bill Does

  • Prevents a judge from prohibiting a parent from undergoing a gender reassignment when making a determination in a child custody case Provides that the judge shall not prohibit a parent from undergoing gender reassignment.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-19 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-05-19 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-05-19 Assembly

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

  4. 2026-04-27 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-04-22 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2026-04-21 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.728

  7. 2026-04-06 Senate

    REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Official Summary Text

Prevents a judge from prohibiting a parent from undergoing a gender reassignment when making a determination in a child custody case
Provides that the judge shall not prohibit a parent from undergoing gender reassignment.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9764

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      April 6, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. SEPULVEDA, JACKSON, LIU, MAY, SALAZAR -- read twice
          and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
          on Children and Families

        AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to  the  custody
          of children

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 240 of the domestic relations  law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
     3    (K)  IN  DETERMINING  THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD, THE COURT SHALL
     4  NOT:   (1) CONSIDER THE SEX,  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR
     5  GENDER EXPRESSION OF THE PARTIES; OR
     6    (2) PROHIBIT A PARTY FROM UNDERGOING GENDER REASSIGNMENT.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08039-01-5