Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 10, 2022 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.116 rules report cal.116 reported |
May 09, 2022 |
reported referred to rules |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to ways and means |
Jun 08, 2021 |
reported referred to rules |
May 04, 2021 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Apr 27, 2021 |
reported referred to codes |
Apr 19, 2021 |
print number 4250a |
Apr 19, 2021 |
amend (t) and recommit to correction |
Feb 01, 2021 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A4250A
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEPRIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Charles Barron
Latrice Walker
Carmen De La Rosa
Richard Gottfried
2021-A4250 - Details
2021-A4250 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4250 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, BARRON, WALKER, DE LA ROSA, GOTTFRIED, FERNANDEZ, EPSTEIN, REYES, CRUZ, AUBRY, HUNTER, TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the establishment of an inmate visitation program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 138-b to read as follows: § 138-B. INMATE VISITATION PROGRAM. STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SHALL PROVIDE INMATE VISITATION PROGRAMS WHICH GIVE INMATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL CONTACT WITH RELATIVES, FRIENDS, CLERGY, VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER PERSONS TO PROMOTE BETTER INSTITUTIONAL ADJUSTMENT AND BETTER COMMUNITY ADJUSTMENT UPON RELEASE. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, (A) VISITING HOURS THAT ARE REASONABLY LIKELY TO ACCOMMODATE PERSONS TRAVELING FROM WITHIN THE STATE, (B) VISITS OF SUFFICIENT DURATION SO THAT VISITORS AND INMATES WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIP BONDS, AND (C) A PUBLISHED OVERCROWDING POLICY THAT IS EQUITABLE WITH DUE CONSIDERATION TO THE DISTANCE TRAVELED BY THE VISITOR. VIDEO VISITATION MAY SUPPLEMENT, BUT SHALL NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF, IN-PERSON VISITATION. NO INMATE IS TO BE VISITED AGAINST HIS OR HER WILL BY ANY PERSON. § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04355-01-1
co-Sponsors
Charles Barron
Latrice Walker
Carmen De La Rosa
Richard Gottfried
2021-A4250A (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A4250A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes a visiting program for incarcerated people, which gives incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.
2021-A4250A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4250--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, BARRON, WALKER, DE LA ROSA, GOTTFRIED, FERNANDEZ, EPSTEIN, REYES, CRUZ, AUBRY, HUNTER, TAYLOR, FORREST, QUART, BURGOS, SIMON, BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the establishment of a visiting program for incarcerated people THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 138-b to read as follows: § 138-B. VISITING PROGRAM FOR THE INCARCERATED. 1. STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SHALL PROVIDE VISITING PROGRAMS WHICH GIVE INCARCERATED PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL CONTACT WITH THEIR RELA- TIVES, CHILDREN, FRIENDS, CLERGY, VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER PERSONS TO PROMOTE INDIVIDUAL TRANSFORMATION, BETTER INSTITUTIONAL ADJUSTMENT AND BETTER COMMUNITY ADJUSTMENT UPON RELEASE. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, (A) VISITING HOURS THAT ARE REASONABLY LIKELY TO ACCOMMODATE PERSONS TRAVELING FROM WITHIN THE STATE, INCLUDING EVENING AND/OR WEEKEND HOURS, (B) VISITS OF SUFFICIENT DURATION, INCLUDING A MINIMUM OF ONE HOUR AT LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SO THAT VISITORS AND INCARCERATED PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIP BONDS, AND (C) A PUBLISHED OVERCROWDING POLICY THAT IS EQUITABLE WITH DUE CONSIDER- ATION TO THE DISTANCE TRAVELED BY THE VISITOR, THE FREQUENCY OF THE VISITOR'S VISITS, THE MOST RECENT OCCASION THAT THE INCARCERATED PERSON'S VISIT WAS TERMINATED DUE TO OVERCROWDING, AND ANY OTHER INDI- VIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LIMIT IN-PERSON VISITS BETWEEN THE INCARCERAT- ED PERSON AND THE VISITOR. 2. VIDEO CONFERENCING MAY SUPPLEMENT, BUT SHALL NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF, IN-PERSON VISITS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04355-03-1
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