---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing for child protective services workers to complete certain required training through distance learning methods"
description: "Allows for child protective services workers to complete the required training on the fundamentals of child protection through distance learning methods beginning April 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7341"
citation: "New York A 7341 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Hevesi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-17"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9d7618e-959b-4bcb-ad0b-b6304b904307"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7341"
source_hash: "109f20c4b82f1322d46a3599ef503fbc7d70c5cbe72d3c584c7368b6b8a8436e"
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 7341 (2023-2024) — Allowing for child protective services workers to complete certain required training through distance learning methods

Allows for child protective services workers to complete the required training on the fundamentals of child protection through distance learning methods beginning April 1, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7341** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7341&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A7341A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A7341A)
3. **A7341B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A7341B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Hevesi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-17** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 7341A `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** AMEND BY RESTORING TO ORIGINAL PRINT 7341
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-10** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-10** PRINT NUMBER 7341B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** REPORTED
- **2024-05-20** RULES REPORT CAL.72
- **2024-05-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.72
- **2024-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-20** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6357B
- **2024-05-29** 3RD READING CAL.1306
- **2024-05-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.470 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9d7618e-959b-4bcb-ad0b-b6304b904307`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).