Senate Bill S3289

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes certain inmates serving an indeterminate sentence to receive good time allowances of up to 1/3 of their minimum sentences

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction 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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2023-S3289 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§803 & 805, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4808
2015-2016: S984
2017-2018: S4434
2019-2020: S732
2021-2022: S4066

2023-S3289 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes incarcerated individual's serving indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for offenses involving controlled substances and marihuana to receive good time allowances against the minimum terms of their sentences not to exceed one-third of the minimum term imposed; provides that drug offenders can receive good behavior allowances for progress in assigned treatment programs and willing performance of duties.

2023-S3289 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3289 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3289
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- 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 correction law, in relation to authorizing certain
   inmates serving indeterminate sentences to receive  good  time  allow-
   ances  against  the minimum terms of their sentences not to exceed-one
   third of the actual minimum term imposed
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  803 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. EVERY PERSON CONFINED IN AN INSTITUTION OF THE  DEPARTMENT  OR  A
 FACILITY  IN  THE  DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE SERVING AN INDETERMINATE
 SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT,  FOR  AN  OFFENSE  CONTAINED  IN  ARTICLE  TWO
 HUNDRED  TWENTY OF THE PENAL LAW, MAY RECEIVE TIME ALLOWANCE AGAINST THE
 MINIMUM TERM OR PERIOD OF HIS OR HER  SENTENCE  NOT  TO  EXCEED  IN  THE
 AGGREGATE  ONE-THIRD  OF  THE  TERM OR PERIOD IMPOSED BY THE COURT. SUCH
 ALLOWANCES MAY BE GRANTED FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR AND  EFFICIENT  AND  WILLING
 PERFORMANCE  OF  DUTIES  ASSIGNED  OR  PROGRESS  AND  ACHIEVEMENT  IN AN
 ASSIGNED TREATMENT PROGRAM, AND MAY BE WITHHELD, FORFEITED  OR  CANCELED
 IN  WHOLE  OR IN PART FOR BAD BEHAVIOR, VIOLATION OF INSTITUTIONAL RULES
 OR FAILURE TO PERFORM PROPERLY IN THE DUTIES OR PROGRAM ASSIGNED.
   § 2. Section 803 of the correction law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 1-b to read as follows:
   1-B.  EVERY  PERSON  CONFINED IN AN INSTITUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OR A
 FACILITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE  SERVING  AN  INDETERMINATE
 SENTENCE  OF  IMPRISONMENT,  FOR  AN  OFFENSE  CONTAINED  IN ARTICLE TWO
 HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE PENAL LAW, MAY RECEIVE TIME ALLOWANCE AGAINST  THE
 MINIMUM  TERM  OR  PERIOD  OF  HIS  OR HER SENTENCE NOT TO EXCEED IN THE
 AGGREGATE ONE-THIRD OF THE TERM OR PERIOD IMPOSED  BY  THE  COURT.  SUCH
 ALLOWANCES  MAY  BE  GRANTED FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR AND EFFICIENT AND WILLING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06201-01-3
              

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