Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 05, 2017 |
referred to correction delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 22, 2017 |
advanced to third reading |
May 17, 2017 |
2nd report cal. |
May 16, 2017 |
1st report cal.986 |
Jan 09, 2017 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S1498
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2017-S1498 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
- Law Section:
- Correction Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §803-b, Cor L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
S1963
2019-2020: S57
2017-S1498 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1498 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the correction law, in relation to eligibility for limited credit time allowances for inmates serving indeterminate or determinate sentences imposed for specified offenses PURPOSE : To make it that one must complete eighty percent of their sentence before any allowanced or credits are allowed to be considered. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 803-b of the correction law is amended by adding the following clause (D) An inmate shall not be eligible for the credit defined herein before having completed eighty percent of his or her original sentence. JUSTIFICATION : In response to overwhelming public feedback regarding several high profile cases of early-release parolees committing violent crimes in Rochester and across New York, the time has come to stop the early
2017-S1498 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1498 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- 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 correction law, in relation to eligibility for limited credit time allowances for inmates serving indeterminate or determinate sentences imposed for specified offenses THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 803-b of the correction law is amended by adding a new clause (D) to read as follows: (D) AN INMATE SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CREDIT DEFINED HEREIN BEFORE HAVING COMPLETED EIGHTY PERCENT OF HIS OR HER ORIGINAL SENTENCE. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all sentences imposed on and after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02892-01-7
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