---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized"
description: "Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 460"
citation: "New York A 460 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/943fd40e-03bd-41c3-8005-c42be7d8f627"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A460"
source_hash: "51937fc062a257d09e65a7e57744d8e9105c751617b5fb860da5000a9af8ed99"
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 460 (2019-2020) — Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized

Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized.

## Version chain

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

1. **A460** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A460&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** REPORTED
- **2019-01-31** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.13
- **2019-02-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-02-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-02-04** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3999
- **2019-03-28** 3RD READING CAL.351
- **2019-03-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-28** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-09-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-16** SIGNED CHAP.258 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/943fd40e-03bd-41c3-8005-c42be7d8f627`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).