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NY A 7099

in committee

Enacts the "Michael K. Williams law" to establish a grant program to incentivize counties and municipalities to reduce prison populations

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 7099 pass?

Not yet. NY A 7099 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY A 7099 about?

Enacts the "Michael K. Williams law" to establish a grant program to incentivize counties and municipalities to reduce prison populations; makes an appropriation therefor.

Who sponsors NY A 7099?

Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn is the primary sponsor of NY A 7099, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Description

Enacts the "Michael K. Williams law" to establish a grant program to incentivize counties and municipalities to reduce prison populations; makes an appropriation therefor.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelynprimary
  • Dana Levenbergcosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Latrice Walkercosponsor
  • Eddie Gibbscosponsor
  • Catalina Cruzcosponsor
  • Yudelka Tapiacosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-20

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9506not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1070not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 4064

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A7099?summary=&detail=

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