---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to an application of a relative to become a foster parent"
description: "Provides that upon the application of a relative to become a foster parent of a child in foster care, the court shall hold a hearing to determine whether the child should be placed with a relative in foster care only if the person is related to the child as described under paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of subdivision three of section four hundred fifty-eight-a of the social services law and if other circumstances are present."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6405"
citation: "New York S 6405 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MONTGOMERY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-07"
last_action: "2019-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e6d6ef7-ee90-4eb7-b31e-f7c9acfb62ca"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6405"
source_hash: "2b7dcb11f8b6b15ed1bf5383bf19343094d158da99a826633e6bd6e593d38122"
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 6405 (2019-2020) — Relates to an application of a relative to become a foster parent

Provides that upon the application of a relative to become a foster parent of a child in foster care, the court shall hold a hearing to determine whether the child should be placed with a relative in foster care only if the person is related to the child as described under paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of subdivision three of section four hundred fifty-eight-a of the social services law and if other circumstances are present.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6405** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6405&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MONTGOMERY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1458
- **2019-06-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8059
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.301
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-29** SIGNED CHAP.434 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e6d6ef7-ee90-4eb7-b31e-f7c9acfb62ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).