S 9778 — Relates to liability of certain agencies for negligence in the placement of a child; extend jurisdiction of the court of claims
Congress · introduced 2026-04-06
Relates to the duty owed by certain agencies and entities to children in the legal custody of the agencies with respect to the placement of children; provides a statutory private right of action for compensatory damage; extends jurisdiction of the court of claims to certain claims for injuries to a child.
Latest action: 2026-04-09 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Luis R. Sepúlveda (—, NY-32) — sponsor · 2026-04-06
- Jeremy Cooney (—, NY-56) — cosponsor · 2026-04-06
- Nathalia Fernandez (—, NY-34) — cosponsor · 2026-04-06
- Andrew Gounardes (—, NY-26) — cosponsor · 2026-04-06
- Zellnor Myrie (—, NY-20) — cosponsor · 2026-04-06
- Julia Salazar (—, NY-18) — cosponsor · 2026-04-06
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 9778A
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Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-06 | Andrew Gounardes | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-06 | Nathalia Fernandez | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-06 | Zellnor Myrie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-06 | Luis R. Sepúlveda | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-06 | Julia Salazar | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-04-06 | Jeremy Cooney | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | 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 | Andrew Gounardes (—, state_upper NY-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jeremy Cooney (—, state_upper NY-56) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Nathalia Fernandez (—, state_upper NY-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Zellnor Myrie (—, state_upper NY-20) | 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
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-04-06 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-06 · cosponsored by Andrew Gounardes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-06 · cosponsored by Jeremy Cooney (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-06 · cosponsored by Nathalia Fernandez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-06 · sponsored by Luis R. Sepúlveda (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-04-06 · cosponsored by Zellnor Myrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship