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Assembly Bill A321

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the parole board to grant parole to incarcerated individuals who successfully participate in a temporary release program without interruption immediately prior to appearance before the board

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2025-A321 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S251
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §259-i, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9358
2015-2016: A2186
2017-2018: A4047
2019-2020: A4234, S2693
2021-2022: A4233, S2059
2023-2024: A265, S459

2025-A321 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the parole board to grant parole to incarcerated individuals who successfully participate in a temporary release program for two years without interruption immediately prior to appearance before the board.

2025-A321 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    321
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to procedures for the
   conduct of the work of the state board of parole
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section 259-i of the executive law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
   (F) NOTWITHSTANDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SUCCESSFULLY PARTICIPATED IN  A
 TEMPORARY RELEASE PROGRAM FOR TWO YEARS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION IMMEDIATELY
 PRIOR TO SUCH INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL'S BOARD APPEARANCE SHALL BE GRANT-
 ED PAROLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00629-01-5

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