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A03053 Summary:
BILL NO | A03053 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S03982 |
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SPONSOR | Weprin |
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COSPNSR | Mosley, Colton |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §259-i, Exec L | |
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Requires parole decisions to be published on a publicly accessible website within 60 days of such decision. |
A03053 Actions:
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01/25/2017 | referred to correction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/06/2017 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/16/2017 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/18/2017 | advanced to third reading cal.403 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/24/2017 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/24/2017 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/24/2017 | REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2017 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S3982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2017 | 3RD READING CAL.1523 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/13/2017 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/13/2017 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/17/2017 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/29/2017 | signed chap.412 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/29/2017 | approval memo.17 |
A03053 Committee Votes:
Weprin | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Ortiz | Aye | Finch | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Sepulveda | Aye | ||||||||
Davila | Aye | ||||||||
Mosley | Aye | ||||||||
Blake | Aye | ||||||||
Walker | Aye | ||||||||
De La Rosa | Aye | ||||||||
Farrell | Aye | Oaks | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Excused | Fitzpatrick | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Walter | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Perry | Aye | Curran | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | ||||||||
Cahill | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Hooper | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
Cusick | Aye | ||||||||
Ortiz | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Moya | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Rodriguez | Aye | ||||||||
Ramos | Excused | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
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A03053 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lifton
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Abinanti
ER
Curran
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Simon
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Graf
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barclay
ER
Davila
Yes
Harris
Yes
Magee
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Paulin
ER
Solages
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
ER
Hevesi
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barron
ER
Dickens
ER
Hikind
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Perry
Yes
Steck
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
ER
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blake
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Titone
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Quart
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Ra
ER
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Raia
Yes
Walker
ER
Brindisi
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Johns
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Jones
ER
Montesano
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Buchwald
ER
Finch
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walter
Yes
Butler
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Galef
ER
Kim
Yes
Moya
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Williams
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Castorina
ER
Garbarino
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Niou
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
ER
Gjonaj
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Norris
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Sepulveda
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A03053 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)   BILL NUMBER: A3053 SPONSOR: Weprin
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring parole deci- sions to be published on a website   PURPOSE: This bill directs the Board of Parole to publish its appeal decisions on a public website and create an annual index of such decisions.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 259-i (4) of the executive law to provide that the parole board shall publish appeal decisions on a web site within 60 days, create an annual index of such decisions, make copies available and redact confidential information from such decisions prior to publi- cation. Section 2 provides for an effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Most agencies within the State operate under the State Administrative Procedure Act, which provides that agency adjudicatory decisions must be made public within sixty days. Agencies as diverse as the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, the Department of Labor, the Department of Tax and Finance and the Department of Environmental Conservation, among other agencies, post their administrative appeal decisions on line. The decisions are useful in that individuals and their attorneys can read appeal decisions in similar cases to see what kinds of arguments might apply to their cases and because agency trans- parency is an important tenet of open government. The Board of Parole, which exercises extraordinary discretion, should post its administrative appeal determinations so that the public and concerned citizens can have access to the body of decisions that informs the Board's practice. Veto message #231 expressed two concerns, first that the effective date of 30-days was insufficient to create the database necessary to imple- ment this legislation, and, second, that an appropriation would be necessary to implement a database. This bill has been amended since the 2016 version to include a one year effective date in order to allow time to create a database and to provide for an appropriation within the budget.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: Referred to Corrections, passed Assembly in 2014, 2015 and 2016. This bill was vetoed in 2016, see veto message #231 of 2016. This bill has been amended, to address the concerns expressed in the veto message.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: minimal since the Board and DOCCS already maintain web sites   LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: none   EFFECTIVE DATE: One year after the act becomes law
A03053 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3053 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 25, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring parole deci- sions to be published on a website The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 259-i of the executive law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 3 (c) All appeal decisions shall be published within sixty days of the 4 determination on a publicly accessible website that includes a word- 5 searchable database and cumulative subject matter index of such deci- 6 sions. Such subject matter index shall be published annually in print 7 form and distributed to all correctional facility libraries. Copies of 8 such individual appeal decisions and subject matter index shall also be 9 made available upon written request to the board. Information which 10 would reveal confidential material that may not be released pursuant to 11 federal or state law shall be redacted from any such website, decision 12 and index. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 14 law and shall apply to appeal decisions rendered on or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06681-02-7