---
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).