A 7151: Requires the membership of the state board of parole, and parole hearing officers to be composed of a proportionate share of residents of each county to reflect the state's incarcerated individual population.
The proposed law aims to improve the representation of the state's population on the state board of parole and parole hearing officers. The law would require that the board be constituted in a way that the proportion of its members residing in any county is reasonably equivalent to the proportion of the resident county's incarcerated individual population to the total state population. This would be applied to members appointed or reappointed on and after the law's effective date. Similarly, the law would require that the proportion of hearing officers residing in any county is reasonably equivalent to the proportion of the resident county's incarcerated individual population to the total state population. This requirement would also apply to members appointed or reappointed on and after the law's effective date. The law would take effect on the 60th day after it becomes a law.
- What is the current status of A 7151?
- As of January 10, 2026, A 7151 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 7151 pass?
- Not yet. A 7151 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7151, and where is it now?
- A 7151 was authored by Asm. Monique Chandler-Waterman. Its committee of record is Assembly Correction.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to correction |
| Mar. 21, 2025 | referred to correction |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7151 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the composition of the state board of parole and parole hearing officers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 259-b of the executive law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 3 2-a. With respect to members appointed or reappointed on and after the 4 effective date of this subdivision, the state board of parole shall be 5 so constituted that the proportion of the members residing in any county 6 of the state shall be reasonably equivalent and in the same proportion 7 as the resident county of the incarcerated individual population bears 8 to the total population of the state. 9 § 2. Section 259-d of the executive law is amended by adding a new 10 subdivision 3 to read as follows: 11 3. With respect to members appointed or reappointed on and after the 12 effective date of this subdivision, the state board of parole shall be 13 so constituted that the proportion of the hearing officers residing in 14 any county of the state shall be reasonably equivalent and in the same 15 proportion as the resident county of the incarcerated individual popu- 16 lation bears to the total population of the state. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 18 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06786-01-5