S 5037 New York Senate · 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 died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action Jun 1, 2026

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What changed between versions

S5037 → S5037A · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to reflect its progress through the legislative process, changing the bill number from S 5037 to S 5037-A and adding the sponsor Cal. No. 847. The text of the law itself, which establishes visiting policies for incarcerated individuals, remains substantively unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the procedural status and bill identifier were updated.

TECHNICAL

The bill number was updated from S 5037 to S 5037-A to indicate it has been amended and reprinted.

The sponsor identifier 'Cal. No. 847' was added to the header.

The list of sponsoring senators was updated to include new sponsors (Baskin, Cooney) and remove previous ones (Harckham, Hoylman-Sigal, Jackson, Kavanagh, Myrie, Ramos, Rivera, Salazar, Sanders) based on the amendment record.

The procedural history was updated to show the bill was favorably reported from the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction and the Committee on Finance, and ordered to a third reading.

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

The page footer reference was updated from LBD07456-01-5 to LBD07456-03-6.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 6, 2025

How they voted

35–18

Passed · 10 other

Total votes 63

Jun 6, 2025

D Democratic41

33 Yea 1 Nay 7

80% Yea

R Republican22

2 Yea 17 Nay 3

77% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5037A

upper

Feb 4, 2026

Committee

REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

upper

Jun 6, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

Jun 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

upper

1 primary · 17 co-sponsors