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Home/Bills/S 1191New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
Senate BillPassed first house

S 1191: Provides for limited credit time allowances for working in the horse handling program for a period of no less than eighteen months and receipt of a certification from the Groom Elite program.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified March 27, 2026

What S 1191 does, verified March 27, 2026

The bill aims to amend the Correction Law in New York State. It introduces two new requirements for certain individuals who have completed a minimum of 800 hours of work in a specific position. These individuals can receive a limited credit time allowance if they meet one of the following conditions: they receive a certificate from the Food Production Center after completing 800 hours of work in an assigned position, or they successfully complete a horse handling program for at least 18 months and receive a certification from the Groom Elite Program. The changes will take effect immediately.

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Last action: referred to correction (2026-03-23)Alert me
Recent actions16 total · showing 5
Mar. 23, 2026referred to correction
Mar. 23, 2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Mar. 23, 2026PASSED SENATE
Mar. 19, 2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Mar. 18, 20262ND REPORT CAL.
Full action history, 11 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 227 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1191 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to limited credit time allowances The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (xii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of 2 section 803-b of the correction law, as amended by chapter 322 of the 3 laws of 2021, is amended and a new subparagraph (xiii) is added to read 4 as follows: 5 (xii) receives a certificate from the food production center in an 6 assigned position following the completion of no less than eight hundred 7 hours of work in such position, and continues to work for an additional 8 eighteen months at the food production center[.]; or 9 (xiii) successfully works in the horse handling program for a period 10 of no less than eighteen months and receives a certification from the 11 groom elite program. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01937-01-5 
Text of S 1191 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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