New York S 3024: Relates to the state board of parole membership, interviews with incarcerated individuals, and determination of parole

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
S03024 Summary:

BILL NOS03024 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS A07532

&nbsp

SPONSORORTT

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §§259-b & 259-i, Exec L

&nbsp

Allows for the removal of members of the state board of parole by a majority vote in the senate and the assembly; requires three or more members of such board personally interview potential parolees; requires that the determination to parole an incarcerated individual be unanimous.

Go to top S03024 Actions:

BILL NOS03024 

&nbsp

01/23/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Go to topS03024 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS03024 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topS03024 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3024

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 executive law, in relation to the state board of
 parole membership, interviews with incarcerated individuals, and
 determination of parole

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 259-b of the executive law, as
 2 amended by section 38-a of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
 3 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 4 6. Any member of the board may be removed by the governor [for cause
 5 after an opportunity to be heard] or by a majority vote in the senate
 6 and the assembly.
 7 § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
 8 259-i of the executive law, as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of
 9 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 10 (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, at
 11 least one month prior to the date on which an incarcerated individual
 12 may be paroled pursuant to subdivision one of section 70.40 of the penal
 13 law, a [member or] minimum of three or more members as determined by the
 14 rules of the board shall personally interview such incarcerated individ-
 15 ual and determine whether [he or she] they should be paroled in accord-
 16 ance with the guidelines adopted pursuant to subdivision four of section
 17 two hundred fifty-nine-c of this article. Such determination to parole
 18 such incarcerated individual shall be unanimous by agreement of the
 19 board. If parole is not granted upon such review, the incarcerated indi-
 20 vidual shall be informed in writing within two weeks of such appearance
 21 of the factors and reasons for such denial of parole. Such reasons shall
 22 be given in detail and not in conclusory terms. The board shall specify
 23 a date not more than twenty-four months from such determination for

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06908-01-5

 S. 3024 2

 1 reconsideration, and the procedures to be followed upon reconsideration
 2 shall be the same. If the incarcerated individual is released, [he or
 3 she] they shall be given a copy of the conditions of parole. Such condi-
 4 tions shall where appropriate, include a requirement that the parolee
 5 comply with any restitution order, mandatory surcharge, sex offender
 6 registration fee and DNA databank fee previously imposed by a court of
 7 competent jurisdiction that applies to the parolee. The conditions shall
 8 indicate which restitution collection agency established under subdivi-
 9 sion eight of section 420.10 of the criminal procedure law, shall be
 10 responsible for collection of restitution, mandatory surcharge, sex
 11 offender registration fees and DNA databank fees as provided for in
 12 section 60.35 of the penal law and section eighteen hundred nine of the
 13 vehicle and traffic law. If the incarcerated individual is released, [he
 14 or she] they shall also be notified in writing that [his or her] their
 15 voting rights will be restored upon release.
 16 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 259-i of the executive
 17 law, as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 18 as follows: