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 |
Feb 26, 2024 |
amended on third reading (t) 6488a |
Jan 03, 2024 |
ordered to third reading cal.184 |
Jun 07, 2023 |
substituted by s3318 rules report cal.643 reported reported referred to rules |
May 24, 2023 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Apr 11, 2023 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A6488A
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEPRIN
Current Bill Status Via S3318 - 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
Latrice Walker
Harvey Epstein
Karines Reyes
Catalina Cruz
2023-A6488 - Details
2023-A6488 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6488 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, WALKER, EPSTEIN, REYES, CRUZ, AUBRY, HUNTER, TAYLOR, BURDICK, BURGOS, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, JACKSON, BARRETT, GIBBS, DAVILA, KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee on 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. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
co-Sponsors
Latrice Walker
Harvey Epstein
Karines Reyes
Catalina Cruz
2023-A6488A (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A6488A (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-A6488A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6488--A Cal. No. 184 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, WALKER, EPSTEIN, REYES, CRUZ, AUBRY, HUNTER, TAYLOR, BURDICK, BURGOS, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, JACKSON, BARRETT, GIBBS, DAVILA, KELLES, SIMONE, ARDILA, SEPTIMO, TAPIA, BURKE, CUNNING- HAM, CLARK, MEEKS, SHIMSKY, HEVESI, DINOWITZ, MAMDANI, JEAN-PIERRE, SIMON, ZACCARO, ANDERSON, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, LEVENBERG, BORES, L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retain- ing its place on 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, AND ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LIMIT IN-PERSON VISITS BETWEEN THE INCARCERATED PERSON AND THE VISITOR. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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