New York S 3929: Establishes Three King's day as a school holiday

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S03929 Summary:

BILL NOS03929 

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COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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Amd §§803 & 805, Cor L

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Authorizes incarcerated individual's serving indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for offenses involving controlled substances and marihuana to receive good time allowances against the minimum terms of their sentences not to exceed one-third of the minimum term imposed; provides that drug offenders can receive good behavior allowances for progress in assigned treatment programs and willing performance of duties.

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3929

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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 authorizing certain
 incarcerated individuals serving indeterminate sentences to receive
 good time allowances against the minimum terms of their sentences not
 to exceed one-third of the actual minimum term imposed

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

 1 Section 1. Section 803 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 3 1-a. Every person confined in an institution of the department or a
 4 facility in the department of mental hygiene serving an indeterminate
 5 sentence of imprisonment, for an offense contained in article two
 6 hundred twenty of the penal law, may receive time allowance against the
 7 minimum term or period of their sentence not to exceed in the aggregate
 8 one-third of the term or period imposed by the court. Such allowances
 9 may be granted for good behavior and efficient and willing performance
 10 of duties assigned or progress and achievement in an assigned treatment
 11 program, and may be withheld, forfeited or canceled in whole or in part
 12 for bad behavior, violation of institutional rules or failure to perform
 13 properly in the duties or program assigned.
 14 § 2. Section 803 of the correction law is amended by adding a new
 15 subdivision 1-b to read as follows:
 16 1-b. Every person confined in an institution of the department or a
 17 facility in the department of mental hygiene serving an indeterminate
 18 sentence of imprisonment, for an offense contained in article two
 19 hundred twenty of the penal law, may receive time allowance against the
 20 minimum term or period of their sentence not to exceed in the aggregate
 21 one-third of the term or period imposed by the court. Such allowances
 22 may be granted for good behavior and efficient and willing performance

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08334-01-5

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 1 of duties assigned or progress and achievement in an assigned treatment
 2 program, and may be withheld, forfeited or canceled in whole or in part
 3 for bad behavior, violation of institutional rules or failure to perform
 4 properly in the duties or program assigned.
 5 § 3. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 803 of the
 6 correction law, as amended by chapter 3 of the laws of 1995, is amended
 7 to read as follows:
 8 If a person is serving more than one sentence, the authorized allow-
 9 ances may be granted separately against the term or [maximum term] terms
 10 of each sentence or, where consecutive sentences are involved, against
 11 the aggregate [maximum term] terms. Such allowances shall be calculated
 12 as follows:
 13 § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 803 of the correction law, as amended by
 14 chapter 126 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
 15 2. If a person is serving more than one sentence, the authorized
 16 allowances may be granted separately against the [maximum term] terms of
 17 e