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NY S 4379

passed one chamber

Requires the educational and vocational credits earned by incarcerated individuals are transferable upon release

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Requires that curricula and educational programs provide incarcerated individuals the opportunity to earn educational or vocational credits which shall be transferable to an educational institution upon the release of the incarcerated individual.

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2026-06-02 — REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Leroy Comrieprimary
  • Robert Rolisoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-04

    REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-13

    1ST REPORT CAL.1032

  3. 2025-05-14

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2025-05-15

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2025-06-13

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-04-21

    1ST REPORT CAL.794

  8. 2026-04-22

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  9. 2026-04-27

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  10. 2026-06-02

    PASSED SENATE

    passage

  11. 2026-06-02

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  12. 2026-06-02

    REFERRED TO CORRECTION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Vote

    2025-05-13 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Jamaal Bailey: yes
    • Pete Harckham: yes
    • Dean Murray: yes
    • Gustavo Rivera: yes
    • Robert Rolison: yes
    • Julia Salazar: yes
    • Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
  • Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Vote

    2026-04-21 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Jamaal Bailey: yes
    • Pete Harckham: yes
    • Dean Murray: yes
    • Gustavo Rivera: yes
    • Robert Rolison: yes
    • Julia Salazar: yes
    • Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
  • Floor Vote

    2026-06-02 · pass · 61-0

    Member-level votes (63)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Jake Ashby: yes
    • Jamaal Bailey: yes
    • April Baskin: yes
    • George Borrello: yes
    • Erik Bottcher: yes
    • Jabari Brisport: yes
    • Samra Brouk: yes
    • Siela Bynoe: yes
    • Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: yes
    • Stephen T. Chan: yes
    • Cordell Cleare: yes
    • Leroy Comrie: yes
    • Patricia Fahy: yes
    • Nathalia Fernandez: yes
    • Patrick M. Gallivan: yes
    • Michael Gianaris: yes
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Andrew Gounardes: yes
    • Joseph A. Griffo: yes
    • Pete Harckham: yes
    • Pamela Helming: yes
    • Michelle Hinchey: yes
    • Robert Jackson: yes
    • Brian Kavanagh: yes
    • Liz Krueger: yes
    • Andrew J. Lanza: yes
    • John Liu: yes
    • Monica Martinez: yes
    • Jack M. Martins: yes
    • Mario Mattera: yes
    • Rachel May: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Dean Murray: yes
    • Zellnor Myrie: yes
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
    • Peter Oberacker: yes
    • Robert Ortt: yes
    • Anthony H. Palumbo: yes
    • Roxanne J. Persaud: yes
    • Jessica Ramos: yes
    • Steve Rhoads: yes
    • Gustavo Rivera: yes
    • Robert Rolison: yes
    • Christopher Ryan: yes
    • Julia Salazar: yes
    • James Sanders Jr.: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
    • José M. Serrano: yes
    • James Skoufis: yes
    • Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
    • Dan Stec: yes
    • Andrea Stewart-Cousins: yes
    • Sam Sutton: yes
    • James Tedisco: yes
    • Mark Walczyk: yes
    • Lea Webb: yes
    • William Weber: yes
    • Alexis Weik: yes
    • Jeremy Zellner: yes
    • Jeremy Cooney: excused
    • Kevin S. Parker: absent

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