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legislation/us/states/ny/2025-2026/a-4159.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibits correctional facilities from denying entry to certain peer support advocates based on such advocates' prior history of incarceration"
+description: "Prohibits correctional facilities from denying entry to peer support advocates who are certified or licensed and are participating in the provision of corrections-based substance use disorder treatment and transition services based on such advocates' prior history of incarceration."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 4159"
+citation: "New York A 4159 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chantel Jackson"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-10-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8e3c061-d419-4033-a6cc-21e1fe1923ba"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4159"
+source_hash: "b92661c88efbc622ccb1c67903595fc56825c42ec87dafbffd2531379f65eaae"
+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 4159 (2025-2026) — Prohibits correctional facilities from denying entry to certain peer support advocates based on such advocates' prior history of incarceration
+
+Prohibits correctional facilities from denying entry to peer support advocates who are certified or licensed and are participating in the provision of corrections-based substance use disorder treatment and transition services based on such advocates' prior history of incarceration.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A4159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4159&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **A4159A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A4159A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **55–6** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chantel Jackson — primary (person)
+- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
+- Demond Meeks — cosponsor (person)
+- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-25** REPORTED
+- **2025-03-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.75
+- **2025-04-02** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4159A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-04-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-04-08** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1806A
+- **2025-04-29** 3RD READING CAL.380
+- **2025-04-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-04-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-10-16** SIGNED CHAP.449 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8e3c061-d419-4033-a6cc-21e1fe1923ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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