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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/a-9702.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to prohibiting the requirement of inmates to waive religious rights"
+description: "Prohibits the commissioner of corrections and community supervision from promulgating policy to require inmates to waive religious rights in order to participate in inmate programs."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 9702"
+citation: "New York A 9702 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["WEPRIN"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-02-06"
+last_action: "2020-10-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/844e7687-b946-47cc-9e5e-dc184b6e444f"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A9702"
+source_hash: "1973a76eceeb8afe71b2d6fddbb302c8394011ce500f4d263c9bdfe499cb51bc"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 9702 (2019-2020) — Relates to prohibiting the requirement of inmates to waive religious rights
+
+Prohibits the commissioner of corrections and community supervision from promulgating policy to require inmates to waive religious rights in order to participate in inmate programs.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A9702** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9702&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **45–15** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- WEPRIN — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-06** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-21** REPORTED
+- **2020-07-21** RULES REPORT CAL.253
+- **2020-07-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.253
+- **2020-07-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8740
+- **2020-07-23** 3RD READING CAL.954
+- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2020-09-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-10-07** SIGNED CHAP.211 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/844e7687-b946-47cc-9e5e-dc184b6e444f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+