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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5586: Provides for family members of a crime victim and interested parties to make statements to members of the parole board

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

S 5586 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides for family members of a crime victim and interested parties to make statements to members of the parole board. Primary sponsor: Andrew Lanza (Republican/Conservative/Independence/Reform). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CODES.

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 for family members of a crime victim and interested parties to make statements to members of the parole board; provides that such oral statement shall be made to the members of the state board of parole who will determine whether the defendant is released.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 5 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence/Reform 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Andrew LanzaPrimary sponsorRepublican/Conservative/Independence/ReformSenate24
Pam HelmingCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate54
Mario MatteraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate2
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Peter OberackerCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Tony PalumboCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Dan StecCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceSenate45
Alexis WeikCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate8

“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 CODES
  2. REFERRED TO CODES

Sources

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