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NY A 2608

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Creates parity for incarcerated individual telephone services for international calls to family members

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Creates parity for incarcerated individual telephone services for international calls to family members outside continental United States, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam or Central Northern Mariana Islands by requiring identical restrictions on the duration or number of phone calls and use of unit or facility phones made available to incarcerated individuals who are calling family members who are not outside continental United States, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam or Central Northern Mariana Islands.

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Eddie Gibbsprimary
  • Catalina Cruzcosponsor
  • Karines Reyescosponsor
  • Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyncosponsor
  • Al Taylorcosponsor
  • Nikki Lucascosponsor
  • Alicia Hyndmancosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Yudelka Tapiacosponsor
  • Marcela Mitaynescosponsor
  • Phara Souffrant Forrestcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-21

    REFERRED TO CORRECTION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CORRECTION

    referral-committee

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