S9315 • 2025

Relates to pre-release briefings for incarcerated veterans regarding available federal and state benefits

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Sponsor: Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
Last action: 2026-05-12
Official status: Senate Floor Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to pre-release briefings for incarcerated veterans regarding available federal and state benefits

Relates to pre-release briefings for incarcerated veterans regarding available federal and state benefits Directs the department of veterans' services to conduct pre-release briefings for incarcerated veterans regarding available federal and state benefits available to veterans and their families and how to apply for such benefits.

What This Bill Does

Relates to pre-release briefings for incarcerated veterans regarding available federal and state benefits Directs the department of veterans' services to conduct pre-release briefings for incarcerated veterans regarding available federal and state benefits available to veterans and their families and how to apply for such benefits.

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Bill History

2026-05-12 Senate
SUBSTITUTED BY A10163
2026-05-04 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-04-29 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-04-28 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.861
2026-02-27 Senate
REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Official Summary Text

Relates to pre-release briefings for incarcerated veterans regarding available federal and state benefits
Directs the department of veterans' services to conduct pre-release briefings for incarcerated veterans regarding available federal and state benefits available to veterans and their families and how to apply for such benefits.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          9315

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    February 27, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Veterans,  Home-
          land Security and Military Affairs

        AN  ACT  to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to pre-release
          briefings for incarcerated veterans regarding  available  federal  and
          state benefits

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Section 4 of the  veterans'  services  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 40 to read as follows:
     3    40.  TO  CONDUCT A PRE-RELEASE BRIEFING AS PART OF THE DISCHARGE PLAN-
     4  NING PROCESS WITH ANY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A VETERAN, PRIOR TO
     5  THEIR RELEASE FROM A STATE  CORRECTIONAL  INSTITUTION,  TO  EXPLAIN  AND
     6  SHARE  INFORMATION  RELATING  TO FEDERAL AND STATE BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO
     7  VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND HOW TO  APPLY  FOR  SUCH  BENEFITS.  THE
     8  DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNI-
     9  TY SUPERVISION TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
    10    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    11  have become a law.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14764-01-6