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NY S07843

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

12/29/2023

Primary Sponsor

Julia Salazar

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Origin

Senate

2023-2024 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Correction Law Section 803-b to provide additional early release credits for eligible offenders who complete post-secondary degrees or programs
  • Offenders with indeterminate sentences and life maximum terms become eligible for release 12 months earlier (instead of 6 months) for each significant programmatic accomplishment
  • Offenders without life maximum sentences become eligible for release 12 months earlier (instead of 6 months) for each significant programmatic accomplishment, provided they have earned full good time credits
  • Defines "significant programmatic accomplishment" as completion of post-secondary degrees or programs under paragraph (c) of the subdivision
  • Effective 90 days after enactment

Legislative Description

Relates to conditional release for eligible offenders who complete post-secondary degrees or programs; provides release twelve months before the completion of the controlling minimum period of imprisonment for eligible offenders who complete post-secondary degrees or programs.

Last Action

COMMITTED TO RULES

6/7/2024

Committee Referrals

Rules6/7/2024
Crime Victims, Crime and Correction1/3/2024
Rules12/29/2023

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