NY A04879 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 60)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-05-28 - reported referred to ways and means
Pending: Assembly Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

Relates to the health, safety and human rights of incarcerated pregnant individuals, incarcerated birthing parents and their children; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish rules and regulations relating to conditions in institutions and correctional facilities and the treatment and care of birthing parents in such institutions and facilities.

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Title

Relates to the health, safety and human rights of incarcerated pregnant individuals, incarcerated birthing parents and their children; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish rules and regulations relating to conditions in institutions and correctional facilities and the treatment and care of birthing parents in such institutions and facilities.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2026-05-28 - Assembly - Assembly Codes Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means (Y: 13 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-05-19 - Assembly - Assembly Correction Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes (Y: 8 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2026-05-28Assemblyreported referred to ways and means
2026-05-19Assemblyreported referred to codes
2026-05-15Assemblyprint number 4879b
2026-05-15Assemblyamend and recommit to correction
2026-01-07Assemblyreferred to correction
2025-05-22Assemblyprint number 4879a
2025-05-22Assemblyamend and recommit to correction
2025-02-07Assemblyreferred to correction

Same As/Similar To

S04583 (Same As) 2026-06-01 - referred to ways and means

New York State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4879
Texthttps://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A04879&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A04879
Texthttps://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A04879&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A04879A
Texthttps://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A04879&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A04879B
Roll Callhttps://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A04879&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AC1
Roll Callhttps://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A04879&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AC2

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