A 321: Requires the parole board to grant parole to incarcerated individuals who successfully participate in a temporary release program for two years without interruption immediately prior to appearance before the board.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 321 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to procedures for the conduct of the work of the state board of parole The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 259-i of the executive law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows: 3 (f) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subdivi- 4 sion, an incarcerated individual who has successfully participated in a 5 temporary release program for two years without interruption immediately 6 prior to such incarcerated individual's board appearance shall be grant- 7 ed parole. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00629-01-5