New York 2025 Session Status: Passed Assembly

A4603 — Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated individuals

Last action — Passed Senate

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Assembly. Introduced February 04, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Passed Assembly

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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In plain language

The bill establishes visiting policies for incarcerated individuals to improve their adjustment to society.

This bill sets rules for visits to incarcerated people, allowing contact with family, friends, and others. The aim is to help these individuals adjust better in prison and after their release.

Summary

Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated people, to provide incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  2. PASSED SENATE

  3. 3RD READING CAL.847

  4. SUBSTITUTED FOR S5037A

  5. REFERRED TO FINANCE

  6. DELIVERED TO SENATE

  7. PASSED ASSEMBLY

  8. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.118

  9. RULES REPORT CAL.118

  10. REPORTED

  11. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

  12. PRINT NUMBER 4603A

  13. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS

  14. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  15. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

  16. REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  17. REFERRED TO CORRECTION

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 218 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (218)

218 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does A4603 do?
Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated people, to provide incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.
Who sponsors A4603?
A4603 is sponsored by David Weprin.
What is the current status of A4603?
This bill has passed the Assembly. Introduced February 04, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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