NY State Senate Bill 2023-S4748A

Senate Bill S4748A

Signed By Governor

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires religious dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areas

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Current Bill Status Via A5939 - Signed by Governor

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 08, 2023	approval memo.39 signed chap.687
Nov 29, 2023	delivered to governor
Jun 06, 2023	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.712 substituted for s4748b
Jun 06, 2023	substituted by a5939
May 02, 2023	advanced to third reading
May 01, 2023	2nd report cal.
Apr 26, 2023	1st report cal.712
Mar 31, 2023	print number 4748b
Mar 31, 2023	amend and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction
Mar 28, 2023	print number 4748a
Mar 28, 2023	amend and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction
Feb 14, 2023	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Votes

- Jun 6, 2023 - Floor Vote
  A5939
  
  52
  
  Aye
  
  10
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 6, 2023
      
      aye (52)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chu
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      Oberacker
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      nay (10)
      
      Borrello
      
      Helming
      
      Martins
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Rhoads
      
      Stec
      
      Tedisco
      
      Walczyk
      
      Weik
      
      excused (1)
      
      Felder
  Apr 26, 2023 - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote
  S4748A
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote: Apr 26, 2023
      
      aye (6)
      
      Bailey
      
      Gallivan
      
      Myrie
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Rolison

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2023-S4748 - Details

Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Add §134, Cor L

2023-S4748 - Summary

Requires commissaries at correctional facilities to provide food options for purchase through the commissary that satisfy the requirements of halal, kosher and other religious dietary needs of the incarcerated individuals housed at the facility; requires correctional facilities to provide food options for purchase from vending machines located in the visitor's area of the facility that satisfy the requirements of halal, kosher and other religious dietary needs of the incarcerated individuals housed at the facility; and requires that the cost of such food options be comparable to food options that are ordinarily available.

2023-S4748 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4748

SPONSOR: RAMOS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring religious
dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areas

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill allows for kosher food products to be made available to
inmates who require these standards for their religious observance with-
in the New York State prison systems.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of this bill amends the correction law adding section 134.
The commissary at all correctional facility in New York State shall make
available food for purchase to inmates who require them due to dietary
requirements which include but are not limited to Kosher and Halal
products requiring a higher standard for religious observance.  These
dietary standards should be made available at any correctional facility

that is housing any inmate requiring these standards even if that number
is one. These dietary requirements should be made available for purchase
within vending machines in the visiting areas of New York State
correction facilities.

Section two of this bill sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, some New York State Correctional facilities vending machines
and commissary do not adhere to the dietary restrictions for those
following strict religious observances. It is imperative that food be
available for purchase through commissary and vending machines for all,
including those with these varying restrictions.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None, as these items are purchased.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect sixty days after it shall have become law.

2023-S4748 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4748
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- 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, in relation to requiring religious
   dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areas

   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 134
 to read as follows:
   § 134. RELIGIOUS DIETARY  REQUIREMENTS.  1.  THE  COMMISSARY  AT  EACH
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  SHALL  PROVIDE FOOD OPTIONS FOR PURCHASE THROUGH
 THE FACILITY COMMISSARY  THAT  SATISFY  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  RELIGIOUS
 DIETARY  NEEDS  OF  THE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS HOUSED AT THE FACILITY,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO  HALAL  FOODS  AND  KOSHER  FOODS.    FOOD
 OPTIONS  AVAILABLE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL CONFORM TO THE
 STANDARDS TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH  THE  PARTICULAR  RELIGIOUS  DIETARY
 REQUIREMENTS;  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF ONE OR MORE INCARCERATED INDI-
 VIDUALS HOUSED AT THE FACILITY REQUIRES FOOD PRODUCTS THAT CONFORM TO  A
 HIGHER  RELIGIOUS  DIETARY  STANDARD,  SUCH  PRODUCTS SHALL ALSO BE MADE
 AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COMMISSARY UPON REQUEST OF THE INDIVIDUAL  REQUIR-
 ING SUCH OPTIONS.
   2.  EACH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL PROVIDE FOOD OPTIONS FOR PURCHASE
 FROM VENDING MACHINES LOCATED IN THE VISITOR'S AREA OF THE FACILITY THAT
 SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF RELIGIOUS DIETARY NEEDS OF THE  INCARCERATED
 INDIVIDUALS  HOUSED AT THE FACILITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO HALAL
 FOODS AND KOSHER FOODS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08752-02-3

2023-S4748A - Details

Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Add §134, Cor L

2023-S4748A - Summary

2023-S4748A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4748A

SPONSOR: RAMOS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring religious
dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areas

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill allows for food products to be made available to inmates with
dietary restrictions within the New York State prison systems.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of this bill amends the correction law by adding section
134, requiring the commissary at all correctional facilities in New York
State to make food available for purchase to inmates who require them
due to dietary requirements which include but are not limited to Kosher
and Halal products, including those requiring a higher standard for
religious observance. These dietary standards should be made available
at any correctional facility that is housing any inmate requiring these

standards, even if that number is one. These dietary requirements should
be made available for purchase within vending machines in the visiting
areas and commissaries of New York State correction facilities.

Section two of this bill sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, some New York State Correctional facilities vending machines
and commissary do not adhere to the dietary restrictions for those
following strict religious observances. It is imperative that food be
available for all, including those with these varying restrictions.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None, as these items are purchased.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect sixty days after it shall have become law.

2023-S4748A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4748--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring religious
   dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areas
 
   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 134
 to read as follows:
   § 134. RELIGIOUS DIETARY  REQUIREMENTS.  1.  THE  COMMISSARY  AT  EACH
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  SHALL  PROVIDE FOOD OPTIONS FOR PURCHASE THROUGH
 THE FACILITY COMMISSARY  THAT  SATISFY  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  RELIGIOUS
 DIETARY  NEEDS  OF  THE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS HOUSED AT THE FACILITY,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO  HALAL  FOODS  AND  KOSHER  FOODS.    FOOD
 OPTIONS  AVAILABLE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL CONFORM TO THE
 STANDARDS TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH  THE  PARTICULAR  RELIGIOUS  DIETARY
 REQUIREMENTS;  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF ONE OR MORE INCARCERATED INDI-
 VIDUALS HOUSED AT THE FACILITY REQUIRES FOOD PRODUCTS THAT CONFORM TO  A
 HIGHER  RELIGIOUS  DIETARY  STANDARD,  SUCH  PRODUCTS SHALL ALSO BE MADE
 AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COMMISSARY UPON REQUEST OF THE INDIVIDUAL  REQUIR-
 ING SUCH OPTIONS.
   2.  EACH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL PROVIDE FOOD OPTIONS FOR PURCHASE
 FROM VENDING MACHINES LOCATED IN THE VISITOR'S AREA OF THE FACILITY THAT
 SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF RELIGIOUS DIETARY NEEDS OF THE  INCARCERATED
 INDIVIDUALS  HOUSED AT THE FACILITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO HALAL
 FOODS AND KOSHER FOODS.
   3. FOR FOOD OPTIONS AVAILABLE THROUGH BOTH THE COMMISSARY AND  THROUGH
 VENDING  MACHINES,  THE PRICES FOR FOOD AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COMMISSARY
 SHALL NOT EXCEED THE PRICE OF THE COMPARABLE FOOD  THROUGH  THE  VENDING
 MACHINES.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08752-04-3

2023-S4748B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Add §134, Cor L

2023-S4748B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S4748B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4748B

SPONSOR: RAMOS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring religious
dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areas

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill allows for food products to be made available to inmates with
dietary restrictions within the New York State prison systems.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of this bill amends the correction law by adding section
134, requiring the commissary at all correctional facilities in New York
State to make food available for purchase to inmates who require them
due to dietary requirements which include but are not limited to Kosher
and Halal products, including those requiring a higher standard for
religious observance. These dietary standards should be made available
at any correctional facility that is housing any inmate requiring these

standards, even if that number is one. These dietary requirements should
be made available for purchase within vending machines in the visiting
areas and commissaries of New York State correction facilities.

Section two of this bill sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, some New York State Correctional facilities vending machines
and commissary do not adhere to the dietary restrictions for those
following strict religious observances. It is imperative that food be
available for all, including those with these varying restrictions.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None, as these items are purchased.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect sixty days after it shall have become law.

2023-S4748B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4748--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended  and  recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring religious
   dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areas
 
   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 134
 to read as follows:
   § 134. RELIGIOUS DIETARY  REQUIREMENTS.  1.  THE  COMMISSARY  AT  EACH
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  SHALL  PROVIDE FOOD OPTIONS FOR PURCHASE THROUGH
 THE FACILITY COMMISSARY  THAT  SATISFY  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  RELIGIOUS
 DIETARY  NEEDS  OF  THE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS HOUSED AT THE FACILITY,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO  HALAL  FOODS  AND  KOSHER  FOODS.    FOOD
 OPTIONS  AVAILABLE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL CONFORM TO THE
 STANDARDS TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH  THE  PARTICULAR  RELIGIOUS  DIETARY
 REQUIREMENTS;  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF ONE OR MORE INCARCERATED INDI-
 VIDUALS HOUSED AT THE FACILITY REQUIRES FOOD PRODUCTS THAT CONFORM TO  A
 HIGHER  RELIGIOUS  DIETARY  STANDARD,  SUCH  PRODUCTS SHALL ALSO BE MADE
 AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COMMISSARY UPON REQUEST OF THE INDIVIDUAL  REQUIR-
 ING SUCH OPTIONS.
   2.  EACH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL PROVIDE FOOD OPTIONS FOR PURCHASE
 FROM VENDING MACHINES LOCATED IN THE VISITOR'S AREA OF THE FACILITY THAT
 SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF RELIGIOUS DIETARY NEEDS OF THE  INCARCERATED
 INDIVIDUALS  HOUSED AT THE FACILITY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO HALAL
 FOODS AND KOSHER FOODS.
   3. FOR FOOD OPTIONS AVAILABLE THROUGH BOTH  THE  COMMISSARY  AND  FROM
 VENDING  MACHINES,  THE  PRICES  FOR  FOOD  OPTIONS  THAT CONFORM TO THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08752-06-3

 S. 4748--B                          2
 
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE COMPARABLE TO  THE  COST  OF  FOOD
 OPTIONS THAT DO NOT CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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