Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction returned to senate died in assembly |
May 30, 2019 |
ordered to third reading cal.393 substituted for a2483 |
Jan 08, 2020 |
ordered to third reading cal.109 |
May 30, 2019 |
substituted by s2698 |
May 23, 2019 |
advanced to third reading cal.393 |
May 21, 2019 |
reported |
Feb 11, 2019 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 28, 2019 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 22, 2019 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A2483
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEPRIN
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S2698 - In Senate Committee
- 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
Latrice Walker
Carmen De La Rosa
Michael Blake
Walter T. Mosley
multi-Sponsors
Al Taylor
2019-A2483 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A2483 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2483 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, WALKER, DE LA ROSA, BLAKE, MOSLEY, BARRON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the establishment of an inmate visitation program 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. INMATE VISITATION PROGRAM. STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SHALL PROVIDE INMATE VISITATION PROGRAMS WHICH GIVE INMATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL CONTACT WITH RELATIVES, FRIENDS, CLERGY, VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER PERSONS TO PROMOTE 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, (B) VISITS OF SUFFICIENT DURATION SO THAT VISITORS AND INMATES 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. VIDEO VISITATION MAY SUPPLEMENT, BUT SHALL NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF, IN-PERSON VISITATION. NO INMATE 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. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08552-01-9
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