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legislation/us/states/ny/2017-2018/a-7553.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to contact by siblings in foster care, surrender, destitute child and permanency proceedings"
+description: "Relates to contact by siblings in foster care, surrender, destitute child and permanency proceedings."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "A 7553"
+citation: "New York A 7553 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["BUCHWALD"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-05-02"
+last_action: "2017-10-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6bd7c6c-7ba9-4572-ad48-9d759b9542a4"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7553"
+source_hash: "f258d78fa8873b7cc63c03721388383bdf8efdc84d45bd595c96c736a92a16ed"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 7553 (2017-2018) — Relates to contact by siblings in foster care, surrender, destitute child and permanency proceedings
+
+Relates to contact by siblings in foster care, surrender, destitute child and permanency proceedings.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A7553 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7553&term=2017&Text=Y)
+2. **A7553 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7553)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- BUCHWALD — primary (person)
+- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
+- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-05-02** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-16** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-23** REPORTED
+- **2017-05-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.554
+- **2017-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2017-06-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2017-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4835
+- **2017-06-20** 3RD READING CAL.480
+- **2017-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2017-06-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.359 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6bd7c6c-7ba9-4572-ad48-9d759b9542a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+