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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to an application of a relative to become a foster parent"
+description: "Provides that upon the application of a relative to become a foster parent of a child in foster care, the court shall hold a hearing to determine whether the child should be placed with a relative in foster care only if the person is related to the child as described under paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of subdivision three of section four hundred fifty-eight-a of the social services law and if other circumstances are present."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 6405"
+citation: "New York S 6405 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["MONTGOMERY"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-06-07"
+last_action: "2019-10-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e6d6ef7-ee90-4eb7-b31e-f7c9acfb62ca"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6405"
+source_hash: "2b7dcb11f8b6b15ed1bf5383bf19343094d158da99a826633e6bd6e593d38122"
+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 S 6405 (2019-2020) — Relates to an application of a relative to become a foster parent
+
+Provides that upon the application of a relative to become a foster parent of a child in foster care, the court shall hold a hearing to determine whether the child should be placed with a relative in foster care only if the person is related to the child as described under paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of subdivision three of section four hundred fifty-eight-a of the social services law and if other circumstances are present.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S6405** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6405&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- MONTGOMERY — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1458
+- **2019-06-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8059
+- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.301
+- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2019-10-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-10-29** SIGNED CHAP.434 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e6d6ef7-ee90-4eb7-b31e-f7c9acfb62ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+