Senate Bill S4953

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to reporting voting rates for parole commissioners

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S4953 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10893
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §259-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2795, A4214
2023-2024: S3314, A277

2019-S4953 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that annual reports include the voting rates for parole commissioners for persons appearing before them for release.

2019-S4953 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4953 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4953
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 2, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 reporting voting rates
   for parole commissioners
 
   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 chapter 292 of the laws  of  2018,  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, AND THE RATE AT WHICH EACH PAROLE
 COMMISSIONER VOTES TO RELEASE PERSONS APPEARING BEFORE THE BOARD;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11006-01-9

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