---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to sharing reports of child abuse with agency charged with care of child"
description: "Relates to sharing reports of child abuse with agency charged with care, custody, or guardianship of child."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 2965"
citation: "New York A 2965 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f027a21-250e-4539-a52b-df07c8b14fd1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A2965"
source_hash: "21e53b35ca5af9e513ce9de333ed19c740b140f426e0158209476f1cd1d5662a"
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 2965 (2017-2018) — Relates to sharing reports of child abuse with agency charged with care of child

Relates to sharing reports of child abuse with agency charged with care, custody, or guardianship of child.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A2965 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2965&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A2965 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A2965)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- BRABENEC — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- MURRAY — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- RAIA — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- TITONE — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI O — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-23** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** REPORTED
- **2017-05-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.402
- **2017-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-24** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4172
- **2017-06-15** 3RD READING CAL.476
- **2017-06-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-15** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-31** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-12** SIGNED CHAP.281 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f027a21-250e-4539-a52b-df07c8b14fd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).