---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires local social services districts to provide luggage to children in foster care"
description: "Requires the local social services districts to provide luggage to children in foster care; provides that eligible expenditures for such luggage shall be subject to state reimbursement under the foster care block grant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 9482"
citation: "New York A 9482 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Hevesi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96b74a6f-1f8f-40cb-a596-02ebdc66fbea"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9482"
source_hash: "1771d41277b22b38f97f736cbad7c29da30e54b52867b5300ae9f47b4c3c8581"
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 9482 (2025-2026) — Requires local social services districts to provide luggage to children in foster care

Requires the local social services districts to provide luggage to children in foster care; provides that eligible expenditures for such luggage shall be subject to state reimbursement under the foster care block grant.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9482** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9482&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **55–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrew Hevesi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** REPORTED
- **2026-01-13** RULES REPORT CAL.33
- **2026-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.33
- **2026-01-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2026-01-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8791
- **2026-01-29** 3RD READING CAL.78
- **2026-01-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.26 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96b74a6f-1f8f-40cb-a596-02ebdc66fbea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).