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type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes former foster care youth to re-enter foster care during the COVID-19 state of emergency"
description: "Authorizes former foster care youth who have been discharged from foster care to return to foster care placement during the COVID-19 state of emergency without requiring such children to file a motion authorizing their return to foster care placement and places a temporary moratorium on aging out of foster care during a state of emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8834"
citation: "New York S 8834 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MONTGOMERY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-07-20"
last_action: "2020-12-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d229c5c1-4804-4e6f-ab8d-7e21dfb407ea"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8834"
source_hash: "e3200b97550bc1000e2d54039a6fa9c551bc5c325964a46479f646556d783e71"
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 8834 (2019-2020) — Authorizes former foster care youth to re-enter foster care during the COVID-19 state of emergency
Authorizes former foster care youth who have been discharged from foster care to return to foster care placement during the COVID-19 state of emergency without requiring such children to file a motion authorizing their return to foster care placement and places a temporary moratorium on aging out of foster care during a state of emergency.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S8834** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8834&term=2019&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Assembly Vote — **102–39** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- MONTGOMERY — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-07-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1032
- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-23** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10581B
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.295
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-12-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-15** SIGNED CHAP.346 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-15** APPROVAL MEMO.50
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d229c5c1-4804-4e6f-ab8d-7e21dfb407ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).