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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the appropriate staff/child ratios for family day care homes, group family day care homes, school age day care programs and day care centers"
description: "Removes certain requirements on what the office of children and family services can determine to be an appropriate staff/child ratios for family day care homes, group family day care homes, school age day care programs and day care centers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 612"
citation: "New York A 612 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Hevesi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8cf5c4c-cf29-4efc-8021-ea31d9e6e5e6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A612"
source_hash: "5151a1ef5c3e119f863eecc703f082dfb04efb9111779b81f88ce422155b779e"
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 612 (2025-2026) — Relates to the appropriate staff/child ratios for family day care homes, group family day care homes, school age day care programs and day care centers
Removes certain requirements on what the office of children and family services can determine to be an appropriate staff/child ratios for family day care homes, group family day care homes, school age day care programs and day care centers.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A612** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A612&term=2025&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Assembly Vote — **147–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Andrew Hevesi — primary (person)
- Brian Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Eachus — cosponsor (person)
- Demond Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Karl Brabenec — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Slater — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** REPORTED
- **2025-02-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.26
- **2025-03-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-03-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-03-25** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S278
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1794
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.644 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8cf5c4c-cf29-4efc-8021-ea31d9e6e5e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).