Bill Text: NY S02059 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2059 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 19, 2021 ___________ 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