---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents"
description: "Provides that the office of children and family services shall, beginning December 31, 2021 and biannually thereafter, make information publicly available on its website regarding youth placed in foster care settings and the recruitment of foster parents; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 872"
citation: "New York S 872 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BENJAMIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-01-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bfeaf19-c5d1-4754-9cbd-95c2ca56e50a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S872"
source_hash: "723914016e2d88748a2a7a10aa38c1d767419e0579aee864a779998e375112ca"
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 872 (2021-2022) — Relates to the reporting of youth placed in foster care settings and recruitment of foster parents

Provides that the office of children and family services shall, beginning December 31, 2021 and biannually thereafter, make information publicly available on its website regarding youth placed in foster care settings and the recruitment of foster parents; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S872** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S872&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BENJAMIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.25
- **2021-01-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-25** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1256
- **2021-01-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.24
- **2021-01-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-01-25** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-01-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-01-28** SIGNED CHAP.11 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bfeaf19-c5d1-4754-9cbd-95c2ca56e50a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).