A8855 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Establishes the detention support program in the office for new Americans to provide financial assistance to individuals and families of detained persons, including for bond payments to secure release from detention and travel stipends to facilitate visitation with detained individuals; establishes the detention support program fund.
- Title
- Establishes the detention support program in the office for new Americans to provide financial assistance to individuals and families of detained persons
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Governmental Operations
- Introduced
- 2025-06-09
- Law section
- Executive Law
Sponsors
- Phara Souffrant Forrest Assembly Member, District 57
Heard in committee
- Governmental Operations NY State Assembly committee