Bill Text: NY S02059 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the parole board to grant parole to inmates who successfully participate in a temporary release program for two years without interruption immediately prior to appearance before the board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S02059 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02059-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2059

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 19, 2021
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        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
          Correction

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  procedures  for  the
          conduct of the work of the state board of parole

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 259-i  of  the  executive  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
     3    (f) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
     4  sion, an inmate who has successfully participated in a temporary release
     5  program  for  two years without interruption immediately prior to his or
     6  her board appearance shall be granted parole.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04341-01-1