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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 3399: Requires screening incarcerated individuals for eligibility for public benefits prior to release

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 3399 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires screening incarcerated individuals for eligibility for public benefits prior to release. Primary sponsor: Jessica González-Rojas (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 29, 2026): SUBSTITUTED BY S5265A.

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.

Requires screening incarcerated individuals for eligibility for public benefits prior to release and assistance in applying for such programs; requires officials to seek waivers from the USDA for eligibility for such program.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jessica González-RojasPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Catalina CruzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse39
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Keith PowersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse74

“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. SUBSTITUTED BY S5265A
  2. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.222
  3. RULES REPORT CAL.222
  4. REPORTED
  5. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  6. REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  7. PRINT NUMBER 3399A
  8. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CORRECTION
  9. REFERRED TO CORRECTION
  10. REFERRED TO CORRECTION

Sources

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