senate Bill S774

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the "earned time act"

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee


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Jan 06, 2023 referred to crime victims, crime and correction

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S774 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1128
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §802, amd §§803, 804, 804-a, 865 & 867, Cor L; amd §§70.30 & 70.40, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S7873, A8462

S774 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the "earned time act" providing for time allowances against the term or maximum term of sentences imposed by the court to be credited on an annual pro rata basis.

S774 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S774 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    774
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. COONEY, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, GIANARIS,
   HOYLMAN, JACKSON, MAY, MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVE-
   DA -- 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 and the penal law, in relation to the
   early release of incarcerated individuals
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall be known and may be cited as the "earned
 time act".
   § 2. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 802 to read
 as follows:
   § 802. DATA COLLECTION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT  ANNUALLY  TO  THE
 GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE WITH RESPECT TO EACH INSTANCE IN WHICH TIME
 ALLOWANCE  CREDIT  HAS BEEN WITHHELD, FORFEITED OR CANCELLED. THE REPORT
 SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: THE NAME, DEPARTMENT  IDENTIFI-
 CATION  NUMBER  AND  RACE  OF  EACH INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN
 DENIED CREDIT AND THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT INVOLVED, THE REASON  OR  REASONS
 FOR  THE  DENIAL,  INCLUDING, WHERE APPLICABLE, A DESCRIPTION OF THE BAD
 BEHAVIOR OR INSTITUTIONAL RULE VIOLATION OR  VIOLATIONS  (INCLUDING  THE
 CORRESPONDING  NUMERICAL CODE IN THE DEPARTMENT'S INMATE RULE HANDBOOK),
 AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, A DESCRIPTION OF THE ASSIGNED DUTY  AND/OR  IDEN-
 TIFICATION  OF  ASSIGNED  TREATMENT  PROGRAM  IN  WHICH THE INCARCERATED
 PERSON WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE FAILED TO  PERFORM  PROPERLY.  THE  REPORT
 SHALL  ADDITIONALLY  SPECIFY THE DEPARTMENT FACILITY IN WHICH THE RECOM-
 MENDATION TO WITHHOLD, FORFEIT OR CANCEL GOOD  TIME  WAS  MADE  AND  THE
 NAMES  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  PERSONNEL  ON SUCH FACILITY'S TIME ALLOWANCE
 COMMITTEE WHO MADE SUCH RECOMMENDATION.
   § 3. Section 803 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 3 of the
 laws of 1995, paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subdivision 1 and subdivi-
 sions 3, 4, and 5 as amended by section 37 of subpart B  of  part  C  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02637-01-3

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