New York 2025 Session Status: Introduced

A11698 — Excludes certain social workers employed or supervised by lawyers from reporting cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment

Last action — In Assembly Committee

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

This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced September 02, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

Prognosis

Not enough signal yet

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

Not enough signal yet to read this bill's trajectory — we surface a likelihood only once there's real movement (stage, sponsorship, committee, or votes) to point to.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

In plain language

The bill exempts some social workers from mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse.

This bill allows certain social workers who work with lawyers to not report suspected child abuse or maltreatment if their suspicion arises solely from their professional interactions. This changes the mandatory reporting obligations for these social workers.

Summary

Excludes certain social workers employed or supervised by lawyers from reporting cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment when the belief of suspected child abuse or maltreatment arises solely out of the course of representation or the seeking of representation.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Sponsors

  • Andrew Hevesi · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Andrew Hevesi

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (218)

218 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 218 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

public-safety civil-rights
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does A11698 do?
Excludes certain social workers employed or supervised by lawyers from reporting cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment when the belief of suspected child abuse or maltreatment arises solely out of the course of representation or the seeking of representation.
Who sponsors A11698?
A11698 is sponsored by Andrew Hevesi.
What is the current status of A11698?
This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced September 02, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Where can I track A11698?
Track A11698 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on A11698

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of A11698

Last checked for changes about 1 month ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →