---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to court ordered forensic evaluations involving child custody and visitation"
description: "Requires that court ordered forensic evaluations involving child custody and visitation be a licensed psychologist, social worker or psychiatrist who has completed a training program developed by the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 2375"
citation: "New York A 2375 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DINOWITZ"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dc1975c-7364-4c44-bd54-c84b2dc9eacb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A2375"
source_hash: "efc6fd1429763b0946368eed6bf437da1f0e9a43ce9896f7fc0899832b1f7296"
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 2375 (2021-2022) — Relates to court ordered forensic evaluations involving child custody and visitation

Requires that court ordered forensic evaluations involving child custody and visitation be a licensed psychologist, social worker or psychiatrist who has completed a training program developed by the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2375** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2375&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A2375A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A2375A)
3. **A2375B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A2375B)
4. **A2375C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A2375C)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **141–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DINOWITZ — primary (person)
- BROWN K — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
- PHEFFER AMATO — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SILLITTI — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** PRINT NUMBER 2375A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** PRINT NUMBER 2375B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** REPORTED
- **2021-06-10** RULES REPORT CAL.752
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.752
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN SENATE
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.104
- **2022-02-09** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2375C `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-02-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-16** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6385B
- **2022-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1760
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.740 `executive-signature`
- **2022-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.57

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dc1975c-7364-4c44-bd54-c84b2dc9eacb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).