Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 07, 2018 |
signed chap.372 |
Nov 27, 2018 |
delivered to governor |
May 07, 2018 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.805 substituted for a8959 |
May 07, 2018 |
substituted by s7281 |
Apr 26, 2018 |
advanced to third reading cal.805 |
Apr 24, 2018 |
reported |
Jan 23, 2018 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 09, 2018 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A8959
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROZIC
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7281 - Signed by Governor
- 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
co-Sponsors
Jeffrion Aubry
David Weprin
Monica P. Wallace
2017-A8959 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7281
- Law Section:
- Correction Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §114, Cor L; amd §2, Chap of 2017 (as proposed in S. 3498 and A. 2534)
2017-A8959 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8959 I N A S S E M B L Y January 9, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law and a chapter of the laws of 2017 amending the correction law relating to assuring rehabilitation programs for female inmates are equivalent to programs afforded male inmates, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3498 and A. 2534, in relation to making certain technical corrections thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 114 of the correction law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2017 amending the correction law relating to assuring reha- bilitation programs for female inmates are equivalent to programs afforded male inmates, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3498 and A. 2534, is amended to read as follows: § 114. Rehabilitation programs for women; to be commensurate to those afforded men. [In any state correctional facility in which women are detained it shall be the duty of the warden or the chief administrative officer of such facility to assure that such women be provided equiv- alent programs of rehabilitation, including but not limited to voca- tional, academic and industrial programs, within the appropriation made therefor, as are provided to male inmates of correctional facilities elsewhere in the state.] IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE COMMISSIONER TO ASSURE AN ARRAY OF REHABILITATION PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED AMONG THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IN WHICH FEMALE INMATES ARE CONFINED, WITHIN THE APPROPRIATIONS MADE THEREFOR, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO VOCATIONAL, ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE COMPARABLE TO THE PROGRAMS PROVIDED TO MALE INMATES DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR INCARCERATION. § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2017 amending the correction law relating to assuring rehabilitation programs for female inmates are equivalent to programs afforded male inmates, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3498 and A. 2534, is amended to read as follows: § 2. This act shall take effect [on the sixtieth day] ONE YEAR after it shall have become a law; provided that the commissioner of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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