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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5059: Relates to assistance programs for individuals being released from correctional facilities

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 5059 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to assistance programs for individuals being released from correctional facilities. Primary sponsor: Cordell Cleare (Democratic). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES.

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.

Provides assistance to incarcerated individuals being released from correctional facilities for enrollment in safety net assistance, public assistance, supplemental assistance program (SNAP), special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC), the home energy assistance program (HEAP), supplemental security income, and state supplemental payments.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Cordell ClearePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Jabari BrisportCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate25
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“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 SOCIAL SERVICES
  2. RETURNED TO SENATE
  3. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  4. REFERRED TO CORRECTION
  5. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  6. PASSED SENATE
  7. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1743
  8. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
  9. REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

Sources

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