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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relates to foreign adoptions"
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description: "Removes the 18 year old age limitation for the adoption of a foreign-born person."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "S 8755"
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citation: "New York S 8755 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gustavo Rivera"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-08"
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last_action: "2026-02-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2124bf33-2194-4fd6-8e37-66a5200d85d5"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8755"
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source_hash: "aee394340aa2045691e94778f10bf307b94cd93e040f357700ff9f7bbea37679"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York S 8755 (2025-2026) — Relates to foreign adoptions
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Removes the 18 year old age limitation for the adoption of a foreign-born person.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S8755** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8755&term=2025&Text=Y)
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## Votes
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- Floor Vote — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gustavo Rivera — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.11
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- **2026-01-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2026-01-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2026-01-29** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9498
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- **2026-02-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.78
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- **2026-02-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2026-02-11** RETURNED TO SENATE
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- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.39 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2124bf33-2194-4fd6-8e37-66a5200d85d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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