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A03078 Summary:
BILL NO | A03078 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S00261 |
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SPONSOR | Epstein |
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COSPNSR | Sayegh, Cruz, Lavine, Taylor, Simon, Gottfried, Rosenthal L, Reyes, Cook, Barron, Quart, Seawright, Weprin, Colton |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd 803, Cor L | |
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Includes earning at least eighteen credits from a program registered by the state education department from a degree-granting higher education institution as a condition on which the merit board may grant merit time. |
A03078 Actions:
BILL NO | A03078 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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01/22/2021 | referred to correction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/10/2021 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/11/2021 | advanced to third reading cal.108 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/03/2021 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/03/2021 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/03/2021 | REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/21/2021 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S261 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/21/2021 | 3RD READING CAL.567 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/21/2021 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/21/2021 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/12/2021 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/16/2021 | signed chap.242 |
A03078 Committee Votes:
Weprin | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Rozic | Aye | Walczyk | Aye | ||||||
Davila | Excused | ||||||||
Walker | Aye | ||||||||
De La Rosa | Aye | ||||||||
Quart | Aye | ||||||||
Burgos | Aye | ||||||||
Burdick | Aye | ||||||||
Kelles | Aye | ||||||||
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A03078 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Clark
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Colton
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simon
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lawler
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Darling
Yes
Glick
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barron
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Goodell
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Rivera JD
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Durso
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller M
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brown
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Niou
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Jones
Yes
Norris
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A03078 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3078 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 22, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, SAYEGH, CRUZ, LAVINE, TAYLOR, SIMON, GOTTFRIED, L. ROSENTHAL, REYES, COOK, BARRON, QUART, SEAWRIGHT, WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to including credits earned from a higher education institution as a condition on which the merit board may grant merit time The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of 2 section 803 of the correction law, as added by section 7 of chapter 738 3 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: 4 (iv) Such merit time allowance may be granted when an inmate success- 5 fully participates in the work and treatment program assigned pursuant 6 to section eight hundred five of this article and when such inmate 7 obtains a general equivalency diploma, an alcohol and substance abuse 8 treatment certificate, a vocational trade certificate following at least 9 six months of vocational programming, at least eighteen credits in a 10 program registered by the state education department from a degree- 11 granting higher education institution or performs at least four hundred 12 hours of service as part of a community work crew. 13 Such allowance shall be withheld for any serious disciplinary infrac- 14 tion or upon a judicial determination that the person, while an inmate, 15 commenced or continued a civil action, proceeding or claim that was 16 found to be frivolous as defined in subdivision (c) of section eight 17 thousand three hundred three-a of the civil practice law and rules, or 18 an order of a federal court pursuant to rule 11 of the federal rules of 19 civil procedure imposing sanctions in an action commenced by a person, 20 while an inmate, against a state agency, officer or employee. 21 § 2. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 22 803 of the correction law, as added by section 10-a of chapter 738 of 23 the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02464-01-1A. 3078 2 1 (iv) Such merit time allowance may be granted when an inmate success- 2 fully participates in the work and treatment program assigned pursuant 3 to section eight hundred five of this article and when such inmate 4 obtains a general equivalency diploma, an alcohol and substance abuse 5 treatment certificate, a vocational trade certificate following at least 6 six months of vocational programming, at least eighteen credits in a 7 program registered by the state education department from a degree- 8 granting higher education institution or performs at least four hundred 9 hours of service as part of a community work crew. 10 Such allowance shall be withheld for any serious disciplinary infrac- 11 tion or upon a judicial determination that the person, while an inmate, 12 commenced or continued a civil action, proceeding or claim that was 13 found to be frivolous as defined in subdivision (c) of section eight 14 thousand three hundred three-a of the civil practice law and rules, or 15 an order of a federal court pursuant to rule 11 of the federal rules of 16 civil procedure imposing sanctions in an action commenced by a person, 17 while an inmate, against a state agency, officer or employee. 18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend- 19 ments to subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 20 803 of the correction law made by section one of this act shall be 21 subject to the expiration and reversion of such section pursuant to 22 section 74 of chapter 3 of the laws of 1995, as amended, when upon such 23 date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.