A 4603 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated individuals

Summary

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.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

May 2026

Assembly Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

Jun 2026

Governor

Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Last action Jun 1, 2026

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What changed between versions

A4603 → A4603A · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to renumber the new visiting policy section from 138-b to 138-c to accommodate a previous amendment. Additionally, new sponsors were added to the bill, and the legislative history was updated to reflect that the bill was reported from the Committee on Correction to the Committee on Ways and Means, amended, and then recommitted.

Scope change

The substantive scope of the law regarding visiting policies remains unchanged; the changes are procedural and technical.

TECHNICAL

The section number for the new visiting policy was changed from 138-b to 138-c.

Multiple new sponsors (e.g., Dilan, Burroughs, Wright, Valdez) were added to the list of legislators introducing the bill.

The legislative history was updated to show the bill was reported from the Committee on Correction to the Committee on Ways and Means, amended, and recommitted.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 1, 2026 · Assembly May 28, 2026

How they voted

38–22

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 63

Jun 1, 2026

D Democratic41

37 Yea 1 Nay 3

90% Yea

R Republican22

1 Yea 21 Nay

95% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 1, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

May 28, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO FINANCE

upper

May 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

PASSED ASSEMBLY

lower

May 12, 2026

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

lower

May 8, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 4603A

lower

May 8, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

May 20, 2025

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

lower

May 6, 2025

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO CORRECTION

lower

1 primary · 63 co-sponsors