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NY A 5989

passed one chamber

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

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 5989 pass?

Not yet. NY A 5989 has passed one chamber and awaits action in the other as of 2026-05-18. Latest recorded action (2026-05-18): REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

What is NY A 5989 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 A 5989?

Erik Dilan is the primary sponsor of NY A 5989, joined by 10 cosponsors.

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
Latest action
2026-05-18 — REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Erik Dilanprimary
  • William Coltoncosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Karines Reyescosponsor
  • Deborah Glickcosponsor
  • Jen Lunsfordcosponsor
  • Chris Burdickcosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • Alicia Hyndmancosponsor
  • Dana Levenbergcosponsor
  • Nader Sayeghcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-25

    REFERRED TO CORRECTION

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-06

    REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-05-22

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-04-28

    REPORTED

  6. 2026-04-30

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.408

  7. 2026-05-18

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

    passage

  8. 2026-05-18

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  9. 2026-05-18

    REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Assembly Vote

    2026-05-18 · pass · 124-13

    Member-level votes (150)
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Carroll P: yes
    • Friend: yes
    • Lemondes: yes
    • Pheffer Amato: yes
    • Slater: no
    • Anderson: yes
    • Carroll RC: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Levenberg: yes
    • Pirozzolo: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Angelino: no
    • Cashman: yes
    • Gallahan: yes
    • Lucas: excused
    • Powers: yes
    • Smullen: yes
    • Bailey: no
    • Chandler-Waterm: yes
    • Gandolfo: no
    • Lunsford: yes
    • Pretlow: yes
    • Solages: yes
    • Barclay: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Gibbs: yes
    • Lupardo: yes
    • Ra: yes
    • Steck: yes
    • Barrett: yes
    • Chludzinski: yes
    • Giglio: yes
    • Magnarelli: yes
    • Raga: excused
    • Stern: yes
    • Beephan: yes
    • Clark: yes
    • Glick: yes
    • Maher: excused
    • Rajkumar: yes
    • Stirpe: yes
    • Bendett: yes
    • Colton: yes
    • Gonzalez-Rojas: excused
    • Manktelow: no
    • Ramos: yes
    • Tague: yes
    • Benedetto: yes
    • Conrad: yes
    • Gray: yes
    • McDonald: yes
    • Reilly: yes
    • Tannousis: yes
    • Berger: yes
    • Cook: excused
    • Griffin: yes
    • McDonough: excused
    • Reyes: yes
    • Tapia: yes
    • Bichotte Hermel: yes
    • Cruz: yes
    • Hawley: no
    • McMahon: yes
    • Rivera: yes
    • Taylor: excused
    • Blankenbush: no
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Hevesi: yes
    • Meeks: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Blumencranz: yes
    • Dais: yes
    • Hooks: yes
    • Mikulin: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Valdez: excused
    • Bologna: no
    • Davila: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Rozic: yes
    • Vanel: yes
    • Bores: excused
    • De Los Santos: yes
    • Hyndman: yes
    • Mitaynes: yes
    • Santabarbara: yes
    • Walker: yes
    • Brabenec: yes
    • DeStefano: no
    • Jackson: yes
    • Molitor: no
    • Sayegh: excused
    • Walsh: yes
    • Braunstein: yes
    • Dilan: yes
    • Jacobson: yes
    • Moreno: yes
    • Schiavoni: yes
    • Weprin: yes
    • Bronson: yes
    • Dinowitz: yes
    • Jensen: yes
    • Morinello: yes
    • Seawright: yes
    • Wieder: yes
    • Brook-Krasny: yes
    • DiPietro: no
    • Kassay: yes
    • Norber: yes
    • Sempolinski: no
    • Williams: yes
    • Brown EA: yes
    • Durso: no
    • Kay: yes
    • Novakhov: yes
    • Septimo: excused
    • Woerner: yes
    • Brown K: yes
    • Eachus: yes
    • Kelles: yes
    • O'Pharrow: yes
    • Shimsky: yes
    • Wright: excused
    • Burdick: yes
    • Eichenstein: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Otis: yes
    • Shrestha: yes
    • Yeger: yes
    • Burke: yes
    • Fall: yes
    • Lasher: excused
    • Palmesano: yes
    • Simon: yes
    • Zaccaro: yes
    • Burroughs: yes
    • Fitzpatrick: yes
    • Lavine: yes
    • Paulin: yes
    • Simone: yes
    • Zinerman: yes
    • Buttenschon: yes
    • Forrest: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Peoples-Stokes: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: yes

Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9624not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 6297

Official source

Attribution

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

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