---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the time-limit for appeals in all categories of family court cases"
description: "Relates to the time limit for appeals in all categories of family court cases and the filing of objections to support magistrate determinations in child support, paternity and parentage proceedings in family court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8298"
citation: "New York A 8298 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick J. Carroll"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-12"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae6eda76-66ce-4728-89c0-f86fc7eea3a9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8298"
source_hash: "f779e2036e2cde95d50c82a2df3cf24d13fa2b295d2d1d9e73498fd8a95a1c26"
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 8298 (2025-2026) — Relates to the time-limit for appeals in all categories of family court cases

Relates to the time limit for appeals in all categories of family court cases and the filing of objections to support magistrate determinations in child support, paternity and parentage proceedings in family court.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8298&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick J. Carroll — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-12** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** REPORTED
- **2025-05-27** RULES REPORT CAL.277
- **2025-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.277
- **2025-05-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-27** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-27** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8176
- **2025-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1424
- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.534 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae6eda76-66ce-4728-89c0-f86fc7eea3a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).