S 5037 NY
Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated individuals
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Summary
This bill would establish visiting policies for incarcerated people in state facilities. The legislation creates rules and procedures for family members, friends, clergy, volunteers, and other visitors to have personal contact with incarcerated individuals. The visiting policies would include provisions for maintaining connections between incarcerated people and their support networks. The bill aims to support institutional adjustment during incarceration and community reintegration upon release.
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Official abstract
Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated people, to provide 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.
Sponsor (1)
- Luis R. Sepúlveda Democratic · primary
17 coauthors / cosponsors
- Jamaal Bailey Democratic · cosponsor
- April Baskin Democratic · cosponsor
- Jabari Brisport Democratic · cosponsor
- Samra Brouk Democratic · cosponsor
- Cordell Cleare Democratic · cosponsor
- Jeremy Cooney Democratic · cosponsor
- Michael Gianaris Democratic · cosponsor
- Andrew Gounardes Democratic · cosponsor
- Pete Harckham Democratic · cosponsor
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal · cosponsor
- Robert Jackson Democratic · cosponsor
- Brian Kavanagh Democratic · cosponsor
- Zellnor Myrie Democratic · cosponsor
- Jessica Ramos Democratic · cosponsor
- Gustavo Rivera Democratic · cosponsor
- Julia Salazar Democratic · cosponsor
- James Sanders Jr. Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (16)
- Feb 18, 2025 REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION · upper
- Mar 25, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.606 · upper
- Mar 26, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Mar 27, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Jun 6, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Jun 6, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Jun 6, 2025 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION · upper
- Feb 4, 2026 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE · upper
- Apr 28, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.847 · upper
- Apr 29, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- May 4, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 11, 2026 AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5037A · upper
- Jun 1, 2026 SUBSTITUTED BY A4603A · upper
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