New York A 1325: Requires a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening for certain incarcerated individuals

Status: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION (as of 2026-01-12)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 1325

Sponsors: Jo Anne Simon, Al Taylor, Anna Kelles, Chris Burdick, Dana Levenberg, Deborah Glick, Grace Lee, Jonathan Rivera, Maritza Davila, MaryJane Shimsky, Michael Novakhov, Phara Souffrant Forrest, Steven Otis, Steven Raga, William Colton

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A01325 Summary:

BILL NOA01325 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00395

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SPONSORSimon (MS)

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COSPNSRTaylor, Forrest, Colton, Kelles, Shimsky, Glick, Levenberg, Otis, Raga, Burdick, Davila, Lee,
 Novakhov, Rivera

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MLTSPNSRCruz, Epstein, Hunter, Lupardo, Ra, Reyes, Sayegh, Weprin

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Add &sect;137-a, Cor L

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Requires all incarcerated individuals who do not have a high-school diploma or its equivalent to receive a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening upon intake by the department of corrections; requires for such individuals who perform below a certain proficiency level to be provided with intervention services that are evidence-based, effective and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia.

Go to top A01325 Actions:

BILL NOA01325 

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01/09/2025referred to correction

03/25/2025reported referred to ways and means

04/29/2025reported referred to rules

04/30/2025reported 

04/30/2025rules report cal.157

04/30/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.157

04/30/2025passed assembly

04/30/2025delivered to senate

04/30/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026DIED IN SENATE

01/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.48

01/12/2026passed assembly

01/12/2026delivered to senate

01/12/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Go to topA01325 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CORRECTION Chair:Dilan 
DATE:03/25/2025AYE/NAY:12/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means DilanAyeDiPietroExcused

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

BurdickAyeDeStefanoAye

KellesAyeBeephanAye

EpsteinAye

GibbsAye

MeeksAye

LevenbergAye

BurroughsAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:04/29/2025AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoExcusedPalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAyeDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldExcusedSmullenAye

RozicAyeGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesExcused

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:04/30/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanExcused

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA01325 Floor&nbspVotes:

DATE:04/30/2025Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 146/1Yes 

Alvarez 

Yes 

Carroll P 

Yes 

Friend 

Yes 

Lee 

Yes 

Peoples-Stokes 

Yes 

Slater 

Yes 

Anderson 

Yes 

Carroll RC 

Yes 

Gallagher 

No 

Lemondes 

Yes 

Pheffer Amato 

Yes 

Smith 

Yes 

Angelino 

Yes 

Chandler-Waterm 

Yes 

Gallahan 

Yes 

Levenberg 

Yes 

Pirozzolo 

Yes 

Smullen 

Yes 

Bailey 

Yes 

Chang 

Yes 

Gandolfo 

Yes 

Lucas 

Yes 

Pretlow 

Yes 

Solages 

Yes 

Barclay 

Yes 

Chludzinski 

Yes 

Gibbs 

Yes 

Lunsford 

Yes 

Ra 

Yes 

Steck 

Yes 

Barrett 

Yes 

Clark 

Yes 

Giglio 

Yes 

Lupardo 

Yes 

Raga 

Yes 

Stern 

ER 

Beephan 

Yes 

Colton 

Yes 

Glick 

Yes 

Magnarelli 

Yes 

Rajkumar 

Yes 

Stirpe 

Yes 

Bendett 

Yes 

Conrad 

Yes 

Gonzalez-Rojas 

Yes 

Maher 

Yes 

Ramos 

Yes 

Tague 

Yes 

Benedetto 

Yes 

Cook 

Yes 

Gray 

Yes 

Mamdani 

Yes 

Reilly 

Yes 

Tannousis 

Yes 

Berger 

Yes 

Cruz 

Yes 

Griffin 

Yes 

Manktelow 

Yes 

Reyes 

Yes 

Tapia 

Yes 

Bichotte Hermel 

Yes 

Cunningham 

Yes 

Hawley 

Yes 

McDonald 

Yes 

Rivera 

Yes 

Taylor 

Yes 

Blankenbush 

Yes 

Dais 

Yes 

Hevesi 

Yes &#8225

McDonough 

Yes 

Romero 

ER 

Torres 

Yes 

Blumencranz 

Yes 

Davila 

Yes 

Hooks 

Yes 

McMahon 

Yes 

Rosenthal 

Yes 

Valdez 

Yes 

Bologna 

Yes 

De Los Santos 

Yes 

Hunter 

Yes 

Meeks 

Yes 

Rozic 

Yes 

Vanel 

Yes 

Bores 

Yes 

DeStefano 

Yes &#8225

Hyndman 

Yes 

Mikulin 

Yes 

Santabarbara 

Yes 

Walker 

Yes 

Brabenec 

Yes 

Dilan 

Yes 

Jackson 

Yes 

Miller 

Yes 

Sayegh 

Yes 

Walsh 

Yes 

Braunstein 

Yes 

Dinowitz 

Yes 

Jacobson 

Yes 

Mitaynes 

Yes 

Schiavoni 

Yes

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