---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to significant programmatic accomplishment for limited credit time allowances for certain inmates"
description: "Relates to significant programmatic accomplishment for limited credit time allowances for certain inmates; includes an associate's degree, bachelor's degree, master's degree or doctoral degree by completing a registered program from a New York state degree-granting institution, or a program offered by an out-of-state institution of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 9060"
citation: "New York A 9060 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WRIGHT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b55e0dab-7d4c-4f53-aa5e-727585892f8e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A9060"
source_hash: "3197560e91cdd62b01c06ceb5cc22e26fa7e694cf9ba9fb8404aed783abb94a4"
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 9060 (2019-2020) — Relates to significant programmatic accomplishment for limited credit time allowances for certain inmates

Relates to significant programmatic accomplishment for limited credit time allowances for certain inmates; includes an associate's degree, bachelor's degree, master's degree or doctoral degree by completing a registered program from a New York state degree-granting institution, or a program offered by an out-of-state institution of higher education.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9060** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9060&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **40–21** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WRIGHT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** REPORTED
- **2020-01-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.380
- **2020-02-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-02-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6944
- **2020-02-10** 3RD READING CAL.23
- **2020-02-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-02-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-04-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-17** SIGNED CHAP.35 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b55e0dab-7d4c-4f53-aa5e-727585892f8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).