---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits the making of decisions concerning guardianship, custody or visitation or adoption petitions solely on the basis of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's blindness"
description: "Prohibits the making of decisions concerning guardianship, custody or visitation or adoption petitions solely on the basis of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's blindness; prohibits the department of social services from denying, deciding or opposing a petition or request for guardianship, custody or visitation solely because the petitioner is blind and prohibits the department of social services from taking actions solely because a parent, custodian or guardian is blind."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 2113"
citation: "New York A 2113 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SIMON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4984d47b-e287-4952-9117-ccb9d113d08d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A2113"
source_hash: "fad15a8b4882671378d657b03c3e5fd4152967ff882a0976f9845c47b2510733"
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 2113 (2021-2022) — Prohibits the making of decisions concerning guardianship, custody or visitation or adoption petitions solely on the basis of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's blindness

Prohibits the making of decisions concerning guardianship, custody or visitation or adoption petitions solely on the basis of a parent's, guardian's or custodian's blindness; prohibits the department of social services from denying, deciding or opposing a petition or request for guardianship, custody or visitation solely because the petitioner is blind and prohibits the department of social services from taking actions solely because a parent, custodian or guardian is blind.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2113&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SIMON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED
- **2021-05-25** RULES REPORT CAL.102
- **2021-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.102
- **2021-05-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-25** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4407
- **2021-06-03** 3RD READING CAL.1444
- **2021-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-09-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-08** SIGNED CHAP.442 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4984d47b-e287-4952-9117-ccb9d113d08d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).