---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases the time frame for payments of certain expenses by adoptive parents"
description: "Increases the time frame for payments of certain expenses by adoptive parents to 180 days prior to birth and 45 days after birth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 2425"
citation: "New York A 2425 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2026-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd8a4ab5-9ae6-4c4d-bf98-203d57e246f0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2425"
source_hash: "a26782935119965549a5d0fbd1c51fec25adf7e079da993ecde5cfdd0e511f8a"
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 2425 (2025-2026) — Increases the time frame for payments of certain expenses by adoptive parents

Increases the time frame for payments of certain expenses by adoptive parents to 180 days prior to birth and 45 days after birth.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2425&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A2425A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A2425A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- MOTION:PAULIN; To reconsider — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-07** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17** REPORTED
- **2026-03-19** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.312
- **2026-03-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-03-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2026-03-23** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-16** RECALLED FROM SENATE
- **2026-04-16** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-04-16** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2026-04-16** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2425A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-29** REPASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-04-29** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-04-29** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5737A
- **2026-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1464
- **2026-06-01** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-06-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-05** SIGNED CHAP.120 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd8a4ab5-9ae6-4c4d-bf98-203d57e246f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).