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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-8834.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizes former foster care youth to re-enter foster care during the COVID-19 state of emergency"
+description: "Authorizes former foster care youth who have been discharged from foster care to return to foster care placement during the COVID-19 state of emergency without requiring such children to file a motion authorizing their return to foster care placement and places a temporary moratorium on aging out of foster care during a state of emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 8834"
+citation: "New York S 8834 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["MONTGOMERY"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-07-20"
+last_action: "2020-12-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d229c5c1-4804-4e6f-ab8d-7e21dfb407ea"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8834"
+source_hash: "e3200b97550bc1000e2d54039a6fa9c551bc5c325964a46479f646556d783e71"
+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 8834 (2019-2020) — Authorizes former foster care youth to re-enter foster care during the COVID-19 state of emergency
+
+Authorizes former foster care youth who have been discharged from foster care to return to foster care placement during the COVID-19 state of emergency without requiring such children to file a motion authorizing their return to foster care placement and places a temporary moratorium on aging out of foster care during a state of emergency.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S8834** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8834&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **102–39** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
+- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- MONTGOMERY — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-07-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1032
+- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2020-07-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2020-07-23** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10581B
+- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.295
+- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2020-12-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-12-15** SIGNED CHAP.346 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-12-15** APPROVAL MEMO.50
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d229c5c1-4804-4e6f-ab8d-7e21dfb407ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+