---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to place incarcerated parents at correctional institutions closest to their children's home"
description: "Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to place incarcerated parents at correctional institutions and facilities closest to their children's home."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 6710"
citation: "New York A 6710 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROZIC"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-15"
last_action: "2020-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c989d479-492e-4f09-befc-dcbd99ae79f6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A6710"
source_hash: "28af06e1505208fb8ddbc4f0f1ec68939bcb2a01ea12f94bc2bf114f168b38db"
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 6710 (2019-2020) — Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to place incarcerated parents at correctional institutions closest to their children's home

Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to place incarcerated parents at correctional institutions and facilities closest to their children's home.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6710** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6710&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A6710A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A6710A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **49–11** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **136–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ROZIC — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
- AUBRY — cosponsor (person)
- BARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- DARLING — cosponsor (person)
- DAVILA — cosponsor (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
- DENDEKKER — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- FALL — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
- JOYNER — cosponsor (person)
- KIM — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
- QUART — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
- WRIGHT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-15** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CORRECTION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-17** PRINT NUMBER 6710A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** REPORTED
- **2019-05-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.428
- **2020-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.244
- **2020-07-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S724A
- **2020-07-21** 3RD READING CAL.220
- **2020-07-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.355 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c989d479-492e-4f09-befc-dcbd99ae79f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).