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NY S 6297

in committee

Provides for automatic issuance of identification cards to incarcerated individuals and assistance with obtaining copies of certain documents

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 6297 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6297 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

What is NY S 6297 about?

Provides for automatic issuance of identification cards to incarcerated individuals and assistance with obtaining copies of any documents needed to apply for identification cards, including, but not limited to, an incarcerated individual's social security card and birth certificate.

Who sponsors NY S 6297?

James Sanders Jr. is the primary sponsor of NY S 6297, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Provides for automatic issuance of identification cards to incarcerated individuals and assistance with obtaining copies of any documents needed to apply for identification cards, including, but not limited to, an incarcerated individual's social security card and birth certificate.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • James Sanders Jr.primary
  • Kevin S. Parkercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-10

    REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9058not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 5989

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6297?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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