---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a pilot program to provide alternative dispute resolution and navigator services in child support matters"
description: "Establishes a pilot program to provide alternative dispute resolution and navigator services to litigants in child support matters in the family court under the auspices of the community dispute resolution center program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8374"
citation: "New York S 8374 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roxanne J. Persaud"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-06-05"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ccdee71-8d94-4271-aad0-5c0380620851"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8374"
source_hash: "09fcf3b605cb731d2f2133ff6b9c97aa4934d1e2a64b6b695e9161c315496cd2"
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 8374 (2025-2026) — Establishes a pilot program to provide alternative dispute resolution and navigator services in child support matters

Establishes a pilot program to provide alternative dispute resolution and navigator services to litigants in child support matters in the family court under the auspices of the community dispute resolution center program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8374&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roxanne J. Persaud — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1930
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8297
- **2025-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.875
- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.571 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ccdee71-8d94-4271-aad0-5c0380620851`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).