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type: "Bill"
title: "Allows for no fault separation"
description: "Allows for no fault separation where the relationship between the spouses has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months; requires that issues of support and custody or visitation have been resolved."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 1261"
citation: "New York S 1261 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liz Krueger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ead4d7a3-a691-413d-91af-f6a2cbb3f435"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1261"
source_hash: "25666751dfc3cfbad91c88b8403026a9511641289dd9aaa6f7020a6e73dede79"
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 1261 (2025-2026) — Allows for no fault separation
Allows for no fault separation where the relationship between the spouses has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months; requires that issues of support and custody or visitation have been resolved.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S1261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1261&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S1261A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S1261A)
## Votes
- Assembly Vote — **143–4** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Liz Krueger — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** PRINT NUMBER 1261A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.367
- **2025-02-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-03-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-03-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-03-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-03-05** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3392A
- **2025-03-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.65
- **2025-03-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-03-24** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.673 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.54
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ead4d7a3-a691-413d-91af-f6a2cbb3f435`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).