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Jan 06, 2016 | referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Apr 23, 2015 | reported and committed to finance |
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Jan 07, 2015 | referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
senate Bill S356
Sponsored By
Ruben Diaz
(D) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee
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Jesse Hamilton
(D) 0 Senate District
Bill Perkins
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
S356 (ACTIVE) - Details
S356 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S356 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the duties of the state board of parole PURPOSE : This bill directs the Board of Parole to add to their annual report the demographic data of persons considered for release. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Amends the executive law, section 259-c, subdivision 13. Provides that the parole board shall publish demographic data including race, ethnicity, region of commitment and other relevant data regarding the persons it considers for release in its statutorily required annual report to the governor and the legislature. Section 2. Effective Date. JUSTIFICATION : The Board of Parole has reported that it does not track release decisions by age, ethnicity or other standard criteria maintained by the Department of Correctional Services. In a public hearing in 2013, the Board chair testified that it has remained completely neutral with
S356 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 356 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- 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 executive law, in relation to the duties of the state board of parole THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 259-c of the executive law, as amended by section 38-b of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 13. transmit a report of the work of the state board of parole for the preceding calendar year to the governor and the legislature annually. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE STATISTICAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE DEMO- GRAPHICS OF PERSONS GRANTED RELEASE AND CONSIDERED FOR RELEASE TO COMMU- NITY SUPERVISION OR DEPORTATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AGE, GENDER, RACE, ETHNICITY, REGION OF COMMITMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT CATEGO- RIES OF CLASSIFICATION AND COMMITMENT; S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01592-01-5
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