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Senate Bill S3746

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires at least one member of the state board of parole be a formerly incarcerated person

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2025-S3746 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §259-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7934
2021-2022: S1013, S8070
2023-2024: S4795

2025-S3746 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring at least one member of the state board of parole be a formerly incarcerated person.

2025-S3746 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3746 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3746
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. CLEARE, BAILEY, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, PARKER,
   RAMOS, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA -- 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 executive law, in relation to requiring at least one
   member of the state board of parole be a formerly incarcerated person
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 259-b of the executive law, as
 amended by section 38-a of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1. There shall be in the department a  state  board  of  parole  which
 shall  possess  the  powers  and duties hereinafter specified. The board
 shall function independently of the  department  regarding  all  of  its
 decision-making functions, as well as any other powers and duties speci-
 fied  in this article, provided, however, that administrative matters of
 general applicability within the department shall be applicable  to  the
 board.  Such  board  shall  consist  of  not  more than nineteen members
 appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.  AT
 LEAST  ONE  MEMBER OF THE BOARD SHALL BE A FORMERLY INCARCERATED PERSON.
 The term of office of each member of such board shall be for six  years;
 provided,  however,  that  any member chosen to fill a vacancy occurring
 otherwise than by expiration of term shall be appointed for the  remain-
 der  of  the  unexpired  term  of the member whom [he] SUCH MEMBER is to
 succeed. In the event of the inability to act of any member, the  gover-
 nor may appoint some competent informed person to act in [his] THE stead
 OF SUCH MEMBER during the continuance of such disability.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08111-01-5

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