---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a commission to study and develop a plan for improving education in state prisons"
description: "Establishes a commission on prison education to study and develop a plan for improving education in state prisons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 2530"
citation: "New York A 2530 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BARRON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-11-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48a6197e-14d7-4ec1-b4bc-4ebb0b2c86ec"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A2530"
source_hash: "0e0b04396c7e50ec49beadc914794aee0698921e80e558f939c822184480a0b7"
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 2530 (2021-2022) — Establishes a commission to study and develop a plan for improving education in state prisons

Establishes a commission on prison education to study and develop a plan for improving education in state prisons.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2530** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2530&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–4** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BARRON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** REPORTED
- **2021-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.167
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.167
- **2021-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5468
- **2021-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.988
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-10-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-03** SIGNED CHAP.557 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48a6197e-14d7-4ec1-b4bc-4ebb0b2c86ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).