Bill Sponsors: NY A01261 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Protects the rights of people in prisons, jails and forensic facilities; limits the use of cell or segregated confinement; grants access to tablets, visitation, and certain items.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-29 - print number 1261a [A01261 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-057FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Christopher Burdick [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-093FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Emily Gallagher [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-050FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Zohran Kwame Mamdani [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-036FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-103FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-051FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Harvey Epstein [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-074FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-034FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Dana Levenberg [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-095FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-042FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Jo Simon [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-052FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Maritza Davila [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-053FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Yudelka Tapia [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-086FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Catalina Cruz [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-039FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Anna Kelles [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-125FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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