---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to kinship guardianship of children whose parental rights were surrendered or terminated"
description: "Relates to kinship guardianship of children whose parental rights were surrendered or terminated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7349"
citation: "New York A 7349 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Hevesi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-17"
last_action: "2023-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5782efb-85c0-41af-a3d4-7fe8387b80a7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7349"
source_hash: "83fa64e7edc30b8a48061e725a679084bedc7a6a4d304f26ce36ee80790b0518"
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 7349 (2023-2024) — Relates to kinship guardianship of children whose parental rights were surrendered or terminated

Relates to kinship guardianship of children whose parental rights were surrendered or terminated.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7349&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Hevesi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-17** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** REPORTED
- **2023-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.474
- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.474
- **2023-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7448
- **2023-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1441
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.580 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5782efb-85c0-41af-a3d4-7fe8387b80a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).