New York A 5459: Relates to educational leave for eligible incarcerated individuals

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A05459 Summary:

BILL NOA05459 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00319

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SPONSORDilan

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COSPNSRLevenberg, Burroughs, Shrestha

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §851, Cor L

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Provides that for the purposes of educational leave, an eligible incarcerated individual shall include an incarcerated individual who is within two years of being an eligible incarcerated individual.

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BILL NOA05459 

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02/14/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5459

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to educational leave for
 eligible incarcerated individuals

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 851 of the correction law, as
 2 amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 7. "Educational leave" means a privilege granted to an eligible incar-
 5 cerated individual to leave the premises of an institution for a period
 6 not exceeding fourteen hours in any day for the purpose of education or
 7 vocational training, or for any matter necessary to the furtherance of
 8 any such purposes. For purposes of this subdivision, as applied under
 9 this chapter, an eligible incarcerated individual shall include an
 10 incarcerated individual who is within two years of being an eligible
 11 incarcerated individual.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 13 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivision
 14 7 of section 851 of the correction law made by section one of this act
 15 shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to
 16 expire therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00479-01-5

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