A 9131 — Establishes the foster care higher education scholarship pilot program
Congress · introduced 2025-09-26
Establishes the foster care higher education scholarship pilot program; grants awards for the purpose of enhancing opportunities for higher education for children and young adults receiving foster care services in New York.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Jo Anne Simon (—, NY-52) — sponsor · 2025-09-26
- Tony Simone (—, NY-75) — cosponsor · 2025-09-26
- MaryJane Shimsky (—, NY-92) — cosponsor · 2025-09-26
- Joe DeStefano (—, NY-3) — cosponsor · 2025-09-26
- Joseph Sempolinski (—, NY-148) — cosponsor · 2025-09-26
Action timeline
- · assembly — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
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Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | Jo Anne Simon | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-26 | Tony Simone | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-26 | MaryJane Shimsky | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-26 | Joe DeStefano | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-26 | Joseph Sempolinski | 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 | Jo Anne Simon (—, state_lower NY-52) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Joe DeStefano (—, state_lower NY-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Joseph Sempolinski (—, state_lower NY-148) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | MaryJane Shimsky (—, state_lower NY-92) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Tony Simone (—, state_lower NY-75) | 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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- 2025-09-26 · cosponsored by Joseph Sempolinski (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-26 · cosponsored by Joe DeStefano (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-26 · sponsored by Jo Anne Simon (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-26 · cosponsored by Tony Simone (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-26 · cosponsored by MaryJane Shimsky (cosponsor) · sponsorship