New York 2025 Session Status: Introduced

S8791 — Requires local social services districts to provide luggage to children in foster care

Last action — Senate Floor Calendar

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced January 08, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

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Odds of enactment

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Summary

Requires the local social services districts to provide luggage to children in foster care; provides that eligible expenditures for such luggage shall be subject to state reimbursement under the foster care block grant.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. SUBSTITUTED BY A9482

  2. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.78

  3. REFERRED TO RULES

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 218 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (218)

218 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does S8791 do?
Requires the local social services districts to provide luggage to children in foster care; provides that eligible expenditures for such luggage shall be subject to state reimbursement under the foster care block grant.
Who sponsors S8791?
S8791 is sponsored by Jabari Brisport.
What is the current status of S8791?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced January 08, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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