---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to judges presiding over designated youth parts"
description: "Relates to expanding eligibility for judges presiding over designated youth parts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8196"
citation: "New York S 8196 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-20"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4c5345b-f13f-4f8d-aed8-f21d956d91a8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8196"
source_hash: "815a5cda6008825677206e4a19df33236e5b6be00add0a692f56e0eb5716e999"
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 S 8196 (2025-2026) — Relates to judges presiding over designated youth parts

Relates to expanding eligibility for judges presiding over designated youth parts.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8196&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-20** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1781
- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-10** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8890
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.853
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.565 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4c5345b-f13f-4f8d-aed8-f21d956d91a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).