Requires religious dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areas
Summary
Requires commissaries at correctional facilities to provide food options for purchase through the commissary that satisfy the requirements of halal, kosher and other religious dietary needs of the incarcerated individuals housed at the facility; requires correctional facilities to provide food options for purchase from vending machines located in the visitor's area of the facility that satisfy the requirements of halal, kosher and other religious dietary needs of the incarcerated individuals housed at the facility; and requires that the cost of such food options be comparable to food options that are ordinarily available.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
Assembly Passage
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Dec 2023
Introduced Mar 24, 2023
Signed Dec 8, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 6, 2023 · Assembly Jun 1, 2023
How they voted
52–10
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 63
Jun 6, 2023
D
Democratic42
97% Yea
R
Republican21
52% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Dec 8, 2023
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.687
lower
Jun 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 1, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
upper
Jun 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 31, 2023
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
May 24, 2023
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
Mar 24, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO CORRECTION
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Simcha Eichenstein
DDemocratic
Co
David Weprin
DDemocratic
Co
Nily Rozic
DDemocratic
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