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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 2608: Creates parity for incarcerated individual telephone services for international calls to family members

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 2608 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Creates parity for incarcerated individual telephone services for international calls to family members. Primary sponsor: Eddie Gibbs (Democratic). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CORRECTION.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Creates parity for incarcerated individual telephone services for international calls to family members outside continental United States, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam or Central Northern Mariana Islands by requiring identical restrictions on the duration or number of phone calls and use of unit or facility phones made available to incarcerated individuals who are calling family members who are not outside continental United States, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam or Central Northern Mariana Islands.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9 · Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Eddie GibbsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse68
Catalina CruzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse39
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Phara Souffrant ForrestCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Alicia HyndmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Nikki LucasCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse60
Marcela MitaynesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse51
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO CORRECTION
  2. REFERRED TO CORRECTION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source