---
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; now includes completion of an associate's, bachelor's or master's degree."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1379"
citation: "New York S 1379 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAILEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f93d66e-9a74-4d68-a8f6-164d0fca1b86"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1379"
source_hash: "6b7e363d33db81eeb30040631bc8561eede08d9565c6731ba069c8a490a12d2d"
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 1379 (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; now includes completion of an associate's, bachelor's or master's degree.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1379&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **48–13** (pass) · upper
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BAILEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** 1ST REPORT CAL.23
- **2019-01-23** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-01-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-06** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A882
- **2019-05-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.321
- **2019-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.723 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-20** APPROVAL MEMO.70

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f93d66e-9a74-4d68-a8f6-164d0fca1b86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).