---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the education and experience of members of the state board of parole"
description: "Relates to the education and experience of members of the state board of parole; provides that members can have either a degree and at least five years of experience in several fields or at least ten years of experience in such fields."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 126"
citation: "New York S 126 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sean Ryan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e22e391-52a3-44b5-8cb4-706f2ee89289"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S126"
source_hash: "1a9861ad227cfb134718fbd0cd3979d02d24737d26ad866aaefa0d331b28c2f5"
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 126 (2023-2024) — Relates to the education and experience of members of the state board of parole

Relates to the education and experience of members of the state board of parole; provides that members can have either a degree and at least five years of experience in several fields or at least ten years of experience in such fields.

## Version chain

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

1. **S126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S126&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **128–9** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **59–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sean Ryan — primary (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** 1ST REPORT CAL.452
- **2023-03-09** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-03-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-03-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-03-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-15** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** 1ST REPORT CAL.362
- **2024-02-07** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-02-12** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-03-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-03-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-03-06** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A586
- **2024-05-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.90
- **2024-05-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.499 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e22e391-52a3-44b5-8cb4-706f2ee89289`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).