Relates to providing identification cards to inmates upon release from incarceration
Summary
Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of motor vehicles and the federal bureau of prisons, to develop a program to provide an identification card to each inmate upon the release of such inmate from custody.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2021
Last action May 20, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2021
How they voted
43–18
Passed
Total votes 61
May 20, 2021
D
Democratic42
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
1
Committee
3
May 20, 2021
Committee
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
May 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Feb 8, 2021
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
Jan 7, 2021
Committee
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
BA
Brian A. Benjamin
DDemocratic
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