Bill Commons

NY S 7557

in committee

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

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 7557 pass?

Not yet. NY S 7557 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 7557 about?

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.

Who sponsors NY S 7557?

Cordell Cleare is the primary sponsor of NY S 7557.

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
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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

  • Cordell Cleareprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-22

    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 7981not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 2608

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S7557?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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