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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allows for no fault separation"
+description: "Allows for no fault separation where the relationship between the spouses has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months; requires that issues of support and custody or visitation have been resolved."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 1261"
+citation: "New York S 1261 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Liz Krueger"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-08"
+last_action: "2025-12-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ead4d7a3-a691-413d-91af-f6a2cbb3f435"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1261"
+source_hash: "25666751dfc3cfbad91c88b8403026a9511641289dd9aaa6f7020a6e73dede79"
+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 1261 (2025-2026) — Allows for no fault separation
+
+Allows for no fault separation where the relationship between the spouses has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months; requires that issues of support and custody or visitation have been resolved.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S1261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1261&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **S1261A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S1261A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **143–4** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–1** (pass) · upper
+- Judiciary Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Liz Krueger — primary (person)
+- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-10** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-10** PRINT NUMBER 1261A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-02-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.367
+- **2025-02-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2025-03-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2025-03-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-03-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-03-05** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3392A
+- **2025-03-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.65
+- **2025-03-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-03-24** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.673 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.54
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ead4d7a3-a691-413d-91af-f6a2cbb3f435`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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