---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to allowing telephone calls for inmates after transfer from correctional facilities"
description: "Relates to allowing telephone calls for inmates after transfer from correctional facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 5682"
citation: "New York S 5682 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HAMILTON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-04-25"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e59b9e2e-fb2d-498c-977d-f096a53ecee7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S5682"
source_hash: "a94ddb58238ee2117542efdfbf47b7d709708df4413219cc80077a2abcdd8faa"
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 5682 (2017-2018) — Relates to allowing telephone calls for inmates after transfer from correctional facilities

Relates to allowing telephone calls for inmates after transfer from correctional facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5682 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5682&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S5682 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S5682)

## Votes

- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **107–29** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **54–9** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HAMILTON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-25** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1071
- **2017-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-14** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1730
- **2017-06-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.153
- **2017-06-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-15** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.254 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e59b9e2e-fb2d-498c-977d-f096a53ecee7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).