New York S 5037: Relates to the report of suspected financial exploitation

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S05037 Summary:

BILL NOS05037A

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SAME ASSAME AS A04603-A

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRBAILEY, BASKIN, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COONEY, GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
 JACKSON, KAVANAGH, MYRIE, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §138-c, Cor L

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Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated people, to provide incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.

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BILL NOS05037A

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02/18/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

03/25/20251ST REPORT CAL.606

03/26/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/27/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/06/2025PASSED SENATE

06/06/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/06/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

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

02/04/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

04/28/20261ST REPORT CAL.847

04/29/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/11/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5037A

06/01/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A4603A

&nbspA04603 AMEND=A Weprin

&nbsp02/04/2025referred to correction

&nbsp05/06/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp05/20/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to ways and means

&nbsp05/08/2026amend and recommit to ways and means

&nbsp05/08/2026print number 4603a

&nbsp05/12/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/14/2026reported 

&nbsp05/14/2026rules report cal.118

&nbsp05/14/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.118

&nbsp05/28/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/28/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/28/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

&nbsp06/01/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S5037A

&nbsp06/01/20263RD READING CAL.847

&nbsp06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/01/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5037--A
 Cal. No. 847

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, BAILEY, BASKIN, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE,
 COONEY, GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, MYRIE,
 RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime
 and Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime
 and Correction in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported
 favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on
 Finance -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
 and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
 reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the establishment of
 visiting policies for incarcerated individuals

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

 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 138-c
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 138-c. Visiting policies for the incarcerated. 1. State and local
 4 correctional facilities shall establish visiting policies which give
 5 incarcerated individuals opportunities for in-person contact with their
 6 relatives, children, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to
 7 promote individual transformation, better institutional adjustment and
 8 better community adjustment upon release. Such program shall include,
 9 but not be limited to, (a) visiting hours that are reasonably likely to
 10 accommodate persons traveling from within the state, including evening
 11 hours starting at six o'clock p.m. and/or weekend hours, (b) visits of
 12 sufficient duration, including a minimum of one hour at local correc-
 13 tional facilities so that visitors and incarcerated individuals will be
 14 able to maintain relationship bonds, and (c) a published overcrowding
 15 policy that is equitable with due consideration to the distance traveled
 16 by the visitor, the frequency of the visitor's visits, the most recent
 17 occasion that the incar