Bill Text: NY A04214 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4214 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires that annual reports include the voting rates for parole commissioners for persons appearing before them for release.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to correction [A04214 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04214-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4214

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 1, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. WEPRIN, HYNDMAN, SEAWRIGHT, GLICK, HUNTER, FRON-
          TUS, GOTTFRIED, CARROLL, SIMON  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Correction

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to reporting voting rates
          for parole commissioners

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 259-c of the  executive  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  292  of  the  laws  of 2018, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    13. transmit a report of the work of the state board of parole for the
     5  preceding calendar year to the governor and  the  legislature  annually.
     6  Such  report  shall  include statistical information regarding the demo-
     7  graphics of persons granted release and considered for release to commu-
     8  nity supervision or deportation,  including  but  not  limited  to  age,
     9  gender, race, ethnicity, region of commitment and other relevant catego-
    10  ries of classification and commitment, and the rate at which each parole
    11  commissioner votes to release persons appearing before the board;
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04502-01-1