S 9771 — Relates to referrals for child support enforcement for foster care maintenance payments
Congress · introduced 2026-04-06
Relates to liability to support a child who is placed in foster care pursuant to an approved application for foster care maintenance; provides that such liability shall not be imposed if it will adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of the child on whose behalf such payments are to be made or other persons in the child's household or will adversely affect the length of the child's placement or impair the ability of the child to return home when discharged from foster care; limits the ability of a county or local social services district to cause a referral to be sent for the purpose of commencing collection of child support for a child placed in foster care.
Latest action: 2026-04-06 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, NY-32) — sponsor · 2026-04-06
- Shelley Mayer (—, NY-37) — cosponsor · 2026-04-06
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
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Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-06 | Shelley Mayer | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-06 | Luis R. Sepúlveda | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, state_upper NY-32) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Shelley Mayer (—, state_upper NY-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-04-06 · sponsored by Luis R. Sepúlveda (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-06 · cosponsored by Shelley Mayer (cosponsor) · sponsorship