---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminates the requirement of conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who have a disability"
description: "Eliminates the requirement of conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who have a disability; makes technical changes to certain provisions of law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 1018"
citation: "New York A 1018 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Hevesi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ed13c16-5cfe-4454-ad71-c81e991fdad8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1018"
source_hash: "ee5f7b1f0685b11a599236d2f67d3d251ac77a76b1b8dc5c9243af1f308d8012"
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 1018 (2025-2026) — Eliminates the requirement of conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who have a disability

Eliminates the requirement of conducting a study on the number of children in foster care who have a disability; makes technical changes to certain provisions of law.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1018&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrew Hevesi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** REPORTED
- **2025-01-14** RULES REPORT CAL.26
- **2025-01-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.26
- **2025-01-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-01-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-01-22** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2678
- **2025-02-12** 3RD READING CAL.161
- **2025-02-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-02-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.38 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ed13c16-5cfe-4454-ad71-c81e991fdad8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).