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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5037: Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated individuals

Passed one chamber 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

S 5037 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated individuals. Primary sponsor: Luis Sepúlveda (Democratic). It lists 17 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 1, 2026): SUBSTITUTED BY A4603A.

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 visiting policies for incarcerated people, to provide incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Democratic/Working Families 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Luis SepúlvedaPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Jamaal BaileyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate36
April BaskinCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate63
Jabari BrisportCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate25
Samra BroukCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate55
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Michael GianarisCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Andrew GounardesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Brad Hoylman-SigalCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Brian KavanaghCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Gustavo RiveraCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate33
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
James SandersCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10

“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 A4603A
  2. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5037A
  3. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  4. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  5. 1ST REPORT CAL.847
  6. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  7. REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
  8. RETURNED TO SENATE
  9. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  10. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  11. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  12. PASSED SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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