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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 3696: Establishes a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations on violence in state correctional facilities

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 3696 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations on violence in state correctional facilities. Primary sponsor: David Weprin (Democratic). It lists 2 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.

Establishes a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations on violence in state correctional facilities including the causes and consequences of such violence with a particular emphasis on changes in levels of violence and the causes of those changes.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
David WeprinPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Billy JonesCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Phil PalmesanoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse132

“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