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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Allows for no fault separation"
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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."
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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 1261"
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citation: "New York S 1261 (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: ["Liz Krueger"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-12-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ead4d7a3-a691-413d-91af-f6a2cbb3f435"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1261"
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source_hash: "25666751dfc3cfbad91c88b8403026a9511641289dd9aaa6f7020a6e73dede79"
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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 1261 (2025-2026) — Allows for no fault separation
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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.
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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. **S1261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1261&term=2025&Text=Y)
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2. **S1261A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S1261A)
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## Votes
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- Assembly Vote — **143–4** (pass) · lower
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- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–1** (pass) · upper
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- Judiciary Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Liz Krueger — primary (person)
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- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** PRINT NUMBER 1261A `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.367
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- **2025-02-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
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- **2025-03-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
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- **2025-03-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2025-03-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2025-03-05** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3392A
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- **2025-03-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.65
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- **2025-03-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2025-03-24** RETURNED TO SENATE
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- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.673 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.54
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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/ead4d7a3-a691-413d-91af-f6a2cbb3f435`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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