---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to permitting legislative staff to visit correctional facilities"
description: "Relates to permitting legislative staff to visit correctional facilities and removes the exception from visiting facilities in which inmates under sentence of death are confined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 6849"
citation: "New York A 6849 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WEPRIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-21"
last_action: "2019-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe1df363-2356-48b2-9afd-9a5622cb452a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A6849"
source_hash: "1cb058b9caa2dd5be85a735f857eb5d816222a4f82a62b8395638c40dad70b41"
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 6849 (2019-2020) — Relates to permitting legislative staff to visit correctional facilities

Relates to permitting legislative staff to visit correctional facilities and removes the exception from visiting facilities in which inmates under sentence of death are confined.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6849** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6849&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **97–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WEPRIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** REPORTED
- **2019-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.268
- **2019-05-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-08** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4566
- **2019-05-21** 3RD READING CAL.633
- **2019-05-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-09-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-13** SIGNED CHAP.274 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe1df363-2356-48b2-9afd-9a5622cb452a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).