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A 5459: Provides that for the purposes of educational leave, an eligible incarcerated individual shall include an incarcerated individual who is within two years of being an eligible incarcerated individual.
What A 5459 does, verified May 28, 2026
The bill aims to amend the correction law to provide educational leave for eligible incarcerated individuals. This leave allows them to temporarily leave the institution's premises for up to 14 hours a day for educational or vocational purposes. The eligible individuals include those who are within two years of being eligible for leave. The amendments to the law will take effect 90 days after the bill becomes a law. The changes do not affect the expiration of the original section and will expire along with it.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to correction (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5459
- What is the current status of A 5459?
- As of May 28, 2026, A 5459 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 5459 pass?
- Not yet. A 5459 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5459, and where is it now?
- A 5459 was authored by Asm. Erik Dilan with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Correction.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to correction |
| Feb. 14, 2025 | referred to correction |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 14, 2025 · 269 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5459 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to educational leave for eligible incarcerated individuals The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 851 of the correction law, as 2 amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 7. "Educational leave" means a privilege granted to an eligible incar- 5 cerated individual to leave the premises of an institution for a period 6 not exceeding fourteen hours in any day for the purpose of education or 7 vocational training, or for any matter necessary to the furtherance of 8 any such purposes. For purposes of this subdivision, as applied under 9 this chapter, an eligible incarcerated individual shall include an 10 incarcerated individual who is within two years of being an eligible 11 incarcerated individual. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 13 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivision 14 7 of section 851 of the correction law made by section one of this act 15 shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to 16 expire therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00479-01-5
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