S5059 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
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.
- Title
- Relates to assistance programs for individuals being released from correctional facilities
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Social Services
- Introduced
- 2025-02-18
- Same as
- A3935
- Law section
- Social Services Law
Sponsors
- Cordell Cleare State Senator, District 30
Co-sponsors
- Jabari Brisport State Senator, District 25
- Jessica Ramos State Senator, District 13
- Julia Salazar State Senator, District 18
Heard in committee
- Correction NY State Assembly committee
- Rules NY State Senate committee
- Social Services NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A3935 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Committee meetings
Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.