Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 26, 2024 |
amended on third reading (t) 3318a |
Feb 12, 2024 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 07, 2024 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 06, 2024 |
1st report cal.368 |
Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 07, 2023 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.643 substituted for a6488 |
May 31, 2023 |
referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 30, 2023 |
advanced to third reading |
May 24, 2023 |
2nd report cal. |
May 23, 2023 |
1st report cal.1224 |
Jan 30, 2023 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S3318
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 32nd Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) 36th Senate District
(D, WF) 25th Senate District
(D, WF) 55th Senate District
(D) 30th Senate District
2023-S3318 - Details
2023-S3318 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3318 SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to the establishment of a visiting program for incarcerated people PURPOSE: To establish a visiting program in state and local correctional facili- ties SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 adds a new section 138-b to the correction law establishing a section authorizing a visitation program for incarcerated individuals. Clarifies that video conferencing may supplement but not take the place of in-person visits and further clarifies that individuals that are incarcerated have the right to accept or deny a visit
2023-S3318 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3318 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 30, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, BAILEY, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, MYRIE, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the establishment of a visiting program for incarcerated people THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 138-b to read as follows: § 138-B. VISITING PROGRAM FOR THE INCARCERATED. 1. STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SHALL PROVIDE VISITING PROGRAMS WHICH GIVE INCARCERATED PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL CONTACT WITH THEIR RELA- TIVES, CHILDREN, FRIENDS, CLERGY, VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER PERSONS TO PROMOTE INDIVIDUAL TRANSFORMATION, BETTER INSTITUTIONAL ADJUSTMENT AND BETTER COMMUNITY ADJUSTMENT UPON RELEASE. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, (A) VISITING HOURS THAT ARE REASONABLY LIKELY TO ACCOMMODATE PERSONS TRAVELING FROM WITHIN THE STATE, INCLUDING EVENING AND/OR WEEKEND HOURS, (B) VISITS OF SUFFICIENT DURATION, INCLUDING A MINIMUM OF ONE HOUR AT LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SO THAT VISITORS AND INCARCERATED PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIP BONDS, AND (C) A PUBLISHED OVERCROWDING POLICY THAT IS EQUITABLE WITH DUE CONSIDER- ATION TO THE DISTANCE TRAVELED BY THE VISITOR, THE FREQUENCY OF THE VISITOR'S VISITS, THE MOST RECENT OCCASION THAT THE INCARCERATED PERSON'S VISIT WAS TERMINATED DUE TO OVERCROWDING, AND ANY OTHER INDI- VIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LIMIT IN-PERSON VISITS BETWEEN THE INCARCERAT- ED PERSON AND THE VISITOR. 2. VIDEO CONFERENCING MAY SUPPLEMENT, BUT SHALL NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF, IN-PERSON VISITS. 3. NO INCARCERATED PERSON IS TO BE VISITED AGAINST HIS OR HER WILL BY ANY PERSON. § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
co-Sponsors
(D) 36th Senate District
(D, WF) 25th Senate District
(D, WF) 55th Senate District
(D) 30th Senate District
2023-S3318A (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S3318A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated people, to provide incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.
2023-S3318A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3318A SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to the establishment of visiting policies for incarcerated people PURPOSE: To establish a visiting program in state and local correctional facili- ties SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 adds a new section 138-b to the correction law establishing a section authorizing a visitation program for incarcerated individuals. Clarifies that video conferencing may supplement but not take the place of in-person visits and further clarifies that individuals that are incarcerated have the right to accept or deny a visit
2023-S3318A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3318--A Cal. No. 368 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 30, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, BAILEY, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, GIANAR- IS, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, MYRIE, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favor- ably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the establishment of visiting policies for incarcerated people THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 138-b to read as follows: § 138-B. VISITING POLICIES FOR THE INCARCERATED. 1. STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SHALL ESTABLISH VISITING POLICIES WHICH GIVE INCARCERATED PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IN-PERSON CONTACT WITH THEIR RELA- TIVES, CHILDREN, FRIENDS, CLERGY, VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER PERSONS TO PROMOTE INDIVIDUAL TRANSFORMATION, BETTER INSTITUTIONAL ADJUSTMENT AND BETTER COMMUNITY ADJUSTMENT UPON RELEASE. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, (A) VISITING HOURS THAT ARE REASONABLY LIKELY TO ACCOMMODATE PERSONS TRAVELING FROM WITHIN THE STATE, INCLUDING EVENING HOURS STARTING AT SIX O'CLOCK P.M. AND/OR WEEKEND HOURS, (B) VISITS OF SUFFICIENT DURATION, INCLUDING A MINIMUM OF ONE HOUR AT LOCAL CORREC- TIONAL FACILITIES SO THAT VISITORS AND INCARCERATED PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIP BONDS, AND (C) A PUBLISHED OVERCROWDING POLICY THAT IS EQUITABLE WITH DUE CONSIDERATION TO THE DISTANCE TRAVELED BY THE VISITOR, THE FREQUENCY OF THE VISITOR'S VISITS, THE MOST RECENT OCCASION THAT THE INCARCERATED PERSON'S VISIT WAS TERMINATED DUE TO OVERCROWDING, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00238-03-4
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