Assembly BillIntroduced
A 2355: Establishes the parole board accountability act which requires incarcerated individuals who are released on parole, via a vote that is not unanimous, be placed in the community where one of the two board members primarily reside; establishes the procedure of which of the two board member's community the releasee shall be released to.
What A 2355 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed legislation establishes the parole board accountability act. This act requires the department to direct the release of an incarcerated individual on parole to a shelter, halfway house, or transitional residential facility in the community of one of the two board members who voted in favor of the release primarily reside. The commissioner will use a coin flip to determine which community the releasee should be released to, with the results made publicly available via live stream on the department's website. The releasee will then be placed in the facility closest to the chosen board member's primary residence.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to correction (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 2355
- What is the current status of A 2355?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 2355 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to correction".
- Did A 2355 pass?
- Not yet. A 2355 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 2355, and where is it now?
- A 2355 was authored by Asm. Stephen Hawley with 9 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Correction.
Author and sponsors
Full contact details, staff, and committees with Connect, $16/moUnlockRecent actions2 total · showing 2
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to correction |
| Jan. 16, 2025 | referred to correction |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 16, 2025 · 305 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2355 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the parole board accountability act. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "parole board accountability act". 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 259-u to 4 read as follows: 5 § 259-u. Parole board accountability. 1. Where the board votes that 6 an incarcerated individual be released on parole, but such vote is not 7 unanimous, the department shall direct such releasee be released to a 8 shelter, halfway house, or a transitional residential facility in the 9 community of one of the two board members who voted in favor of the 10 releasee primarily reside. 11 2. The commissioner shall rely on a coin flip to determine which of 12 the two board member's community the releasee shall be released to. Such 13 coin flip shall be conducted and made publicly available via live stream 14 on the department's website. 15 3. Upon the results of such coin flip pursuant to subdivision two of 16 this section, the department shall place such releasee in a shelter, 17 halfway house, or a transitional residential facility that is geograph- 18 ically closest to the board member's primary residence who was chosen 19 pursuant to such coin flip. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01820-01-5
Text of A 2355 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions