New York State Senator

Nathalia Fernandez 2023-2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 25)

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S00225

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Refer
2/7/23  
Engrossed
6/6/23  
Refer
6/6/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Refer
1/29/24  
Refer
2/27/24  
Engrossed
6/6/24  
Provides that no incarcerated individual in any state or local prison, penitentiary, jail or reformatory shall be compelled or induced to provide labor against their will.
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New York Senate Bill S00270

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Imposes an excise tax on the sale of ammunition to be deposited into the firearm violence intervention fund to help victims of and witnesses to violence.
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New York Senate Bill S00274

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Provides protection to certain retirees from de-risking pension transactions.
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New York Senate Bill S00277

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Report Pass
3/1/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Provides for a working families tax credit; directs quarterly prepayment of the credit; provides for a sliding reduction in the credit for incomes which exceed a certain threshold.
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New York Senate Bill S00306

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Prohibits governmental entities from entering into agreements to house individuals in immigration detention facilities; requires governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of individuals in immigration detention facilities.
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New York Senate Bill S00307

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Report Pass
5/23/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Provides for findings of the state board of parole necessary for discretionary release of incarcerated individuals on parole.
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New York Senate Bill S00309

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Report Pass
1/31/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
6/5/24  
Relates to the establishment of emergency management release plans to be developed for use in correctional facilities in the event of a state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order; establishes an advisory board to provide recommendations for the development of such plans; establishes criteria to be used to determine eligibility for emergency release of incarcerated individuals.
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New York Senate Bill S00312

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Relates to correctional facility visits by the correctional association; authorizes the correctional association to visit correctional facilities at any time and without advance notice; grants the correctional association access to certain records and information of correctional facilities.
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New York Senate Bill S00313

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Eliminates court surcharges and fees and probation and parole surcharges and fees; eliminates the requirement that a parolee or releasee receiving a merit termination of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution; eliminates the requirement that a person receiving a discharge of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution and the payment of certain surcharges or fees (Part A); prohibits mandatory minimum fines for penal law and vehicle and traffic offenses (Part B); mandates that courts engage in an individualized assessment of a person's financial ability to pay a fine prior to imposing a fine (Part C); eliminates the availability of incarceration as a remedy for a failure to pay a fine, surcharge, or fee, lifts and vacates existing warrants issued solely on a person's failure to timely pay a fine, surcharge or fee and ends existing sentences of incarceration based on such failure (Part D); vacates existing unsatisfied civil judgments based on a person's failure to timely pay a surcharge, or fee (Part E); prohibits the collection of a fine, restitution or reparation from the funds of an incarcerated person; prohibits the payment of court fines, mandatory surcharges, certain fees, restitution, reparation or forfeitures from the earnings of prisoners (Part F); vacates existing unpaid surcharges, DNA databank fees, crime victim assistance fees, sexual offender registration fees, supplemental sex offender victim fees, or probation or parole supervision fees; repeals certain provisions of law relating to restrictions on remitting such fees (Part G).
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New York Senate Bill S00316

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Refer
2/7/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Relates to authorizing voting by incarcerated people.
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New York Senate Bill S00320

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Prohibits drug, cannabis or alcohol testing and screening of pregnant or postpartum individuals and newborns unless the individual consents and it is within the scope of medical care, or the testing or screening is necessary for a medical emergency.
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New York Senate Bill S00321

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Authorizes certain persons confined in institutions operated by the department of corrections and community supervision to apply for a sentence reduction.
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New York Senate Bill S00346

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Engrossed
5/17/23  
Refer
5/17/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
3/18/24  
Directs the development of materials to be provided to new employees relating to student loan repayment information.
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New York Senate Bill S00348

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Report Pass
1/17/23  
Engrossed
1/24/23  
Refer
1/24/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
1/22/24  
Enacts the reproductive freedom and equity grant program to ensure access to abortion care in the state by providing funding to abortion providers and non-profit organizations whose primary function is to facilitate access to abortion care.
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New York Senate Bill S00349

Introduced
1/4/23  
Refer
1/4/23  
Engrossed
5/31/23  
Refer
5/31/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
6/5/24  
Extends the statute of limitations of actions related to certain sex trafficking offenses, reviving such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations; grants trial preference to such actions; exempts such actions from certain provisions requiring notice of claims.