---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to rehabilitation programs for female inmates"
description: "Amends the effective date of a chapter of 2017 relating to rehabilitation programs for female inmates to require that female inmates are provided an array of programs comparable to those provided to male inmates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 7281"
citation: "New York S 7281 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAILEY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-12-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adcc8fe1-0801-4484-9efd-4c88def9576f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S7281"
source_hash: "f78ac1e6ef04b8a1d3172f73ef4691a71a1c43b2337e2323b84ca703fee7bc06"
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 S 7281 (2017-2018) — Relates to rehabilitation programs for female inmates

Amends the effective date of a chapter of 2017 relating to rehabilitation programs for female inmates to require that female inmates are provided an array of programs comparable to those provided to male inmates.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S7281 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7281&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S7281 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7281)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BAILEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.9
- **2018-02-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-02-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-02-28** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8959
- **2018-05-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.805
- **2018-05-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-05-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-11-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-07** SIGNED CHAP.372 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adcc8fe1-0801-4484-9efd-4c88def9576f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).