S 10468 — Establishes confirmatory adoptions and allowing courts to grant the custody and support from more than two parents
Congress · introduced 2026-05-15
Establishes confirmatory adoptions allowing adoption and parentage judgements for a child with more than two parents; recognizes functional parents as legal parents; allows "de facto parents" to get a court order confirming their parentage; grants all legal parents standing to seek visitation or custody of their children.
Latest action: 2026-05-15 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Erik Bottcher (—, NY-47) — sponsor · 2026-05-15
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
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| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Erik Bottcher | 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 | Erik Bottcher (—, state_upper NY-47) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
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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- 2026-05-15 · sponsored by Erik Bottcher (sponsor) · sponsorship