---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits the use of certain restraints on children appearing before family court"
description: "Prohibits the use of handcuffs, chains, shackles, irons, straitjackets and other restraints on children under the age of twenty-one appearing before family court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6498"
citation: "New York S 6498 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAILEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-04"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d21b0b72-f740-4bf5-89fb-0e5955d8b8ca"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6498"
source_hash: "d6c0432a0bc688620fd650526aab6f69d36a8af555d1dd326290f5bfa13b8439"
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 6498 (2021-2022) — Prohibits the use of certain restraints on children appearing before family court

Prohibits the use of handcuffs, chains, shackles, irons, straitjackets and other restraints on children under the age of twenty-one appearing before family court.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6498** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6498&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **48–15** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **105–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BAILEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-04** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.1004
- **2021-05-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-19** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-07** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7796
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.514
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-09-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-08** SIGNED CHAP.474 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d21b0b72-f740-4bf5-89fb-0e5955d8b8ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).