---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act"
description: "Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act; relates to foster care and parents in immigration detention or removal proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5024"
citation: "New York S 5024 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-03"
last_action: "2019-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2b1da4e-2dc4-487b-9135-e94c346b067a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5024"
source_hash: "31fe0d7c0e11187b7561bb5322c9add0ce98a8e5bc7cc2fb64b59dd433d614f8"
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 5024 (2019-2020) — Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act

Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act; relates to foster care and parents in immigration detention or removal proceedings.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5024&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S5024A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5024A)

## Votes

- Children And Families Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **56–5** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)
- BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-03** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** PRINT NUMBER 5024A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07** 1ST REPORT CAL.629
- **2019-05-08** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-22** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2106A
- **2019-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.227
- **2019-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-07-16** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-27** SIGNED CHAP.125 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2b1da4e-2dc4-487b-9135-e94c346b067a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).