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A09543 Summary:
BILL NO | A09543A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S07633-A |
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SPONSOR | Epstein |
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COSPNSR | Sayegh, Cruz, Mosley, Lavine, Taylor, DenDekker, Simon, Gottfried, Rosenthal L, Jaffee, Reyes, Cook, Barron, Quart, Seawright, Weprin |
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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. |
A09543 Actions:
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01/24/2020 | referred to correction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/06/2020 | amend and recommit to correction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/06/2020 | print number 9543a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/14/2020 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | rules report cal.190 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/20/2020 | ordered to third reading rules cal.190 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/21/2020 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/21/2020 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/21/2020 | REFERRED TO RULES |
A09543 Committee Votes:
Weprin | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Ortiz | Aye | Finch | Excused | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Davila | Aye | ||||||||
Mosley | Aye | ||||||||
Blake | Aye | ||||||||
Walker | Aye | ||||||||
De La Rosa | Aye | ||||||||
Quart | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Finch | Excused | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Ortiz | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Excused | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
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A09543 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Stec
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stern
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
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Richardson
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Salka
Yes
Williams
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Byrnes
ER
Finch
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Smullen
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A09543 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9543--A IN ASSEMBLY January 24, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, SAYEGH, CRUZ, MOSLEY, LAVINE, TAYLOR, DenDEKKER, SIMON, GOTTFRIED, L. ROSENTHAL, JAFFEE, REYES, COOK, BARRON, QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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. LBD14733-03-0A. 9543--A 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.