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Assembly Bill A4503

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to study gender disparity in resources provided to incarcerated individuals

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2025-A4503 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6389
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Correctional Services
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A9586, S7936

2025-A4503 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to study gender disparity in resources provided to incarcerated individuals and make a report to the governor and the legislature of the findings, conclusions and recommendations.

2025-A4503 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4503
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. LEVENBERG, BURDICK -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT directing the commissioner of corrections  and  community  super-
   vision to study gender disparity in resources provided to incarcerated
   individuals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of corrections and  community  supervision
 is  authorized  and  directed  to  study  gender  disparity in resources
 provided to incarcerated individuals. Such study shall include, but  not
 be limited to:
   (a) what resources are made available to incarcerated individuals;
   (b)  the amount of such resources made available to incarcerated indi-
 viduals of each gender;
   (c) the reasons for  any  disparities  found  between  the  amount  of
 resources made available to incarcerated individuals of each gender;
   (d)  recommendations  on  actions  that  may  be  taken to resolve any
 disparities found between the amount  of  resources  made  available  to
 incarcerated individuals of each gender; and
   (e)  any  other  related  information  that  the commissioner may deem
 necessary or relevant in carrying out this study.
   § 2. The commissioner of corrections and community  supervision  shall
 make  a  report  to  the  governor  and the legislature of the findings,
 conclusions and recommendations no later than one year after the  effec-
 tive date of this act and shall submit with this report such legislative
 proposals as they deem necessary to implement their recommendations.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08556-01-5

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