---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the establishment and powers and duties of the council on children and families"
description: "Establishes a council on children and families within the executive department; moves such council from the office of children and family services; defines terms; authorizes the governor to designate the executive director of such council; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8322"
citation: "New York A 8322 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Hevesi"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-11-29"
last_action: "2024-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6aec34e-e38b-410e-b667-d611c707fda3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8322"
source_hash: "7ea22f02ead6f93fc75ea738542a12e7df336add5290e3d157a60ad82111eaac"
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 8322 (2023-2024) — Relates to the establishment and powers and duties of the council on children and families

Establishes a council on children and families within the executive department; moves such council from the office of children and family services; defines terms; authorizes the governor to designate the executive director of such council; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8322** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8322&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A8322A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8322A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrew Hevesi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-29** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** REPORTED
- **2024-01-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.269
- **2024-03-11** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8322A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-03-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-03-21** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7452A
- **2024-05-07** 3RD READING CAL.823
- **2024-05-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-08-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-28** SIGNED CHAP.235 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6aec34e-e38b-410e-b667-d611c707fda3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).