---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to personal phone calls for inmates in certain circumstances"
description: "Relates to personal phone calls for inmates in certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 2285"
citation: "New York A 2285 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROZIC"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e06c3096-6236-4b98-b136-6139a6f0a825"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2285"
source_hash: "5a806fd57989752a93b16ec0b4b31b2f0fcbdf3a24ebdef38de9c25edebfda29"
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 2285 (2019-2020) — Relates to personal phone calls for inmates in certain circumstances

Relates to personal phone calls for inmates in certain circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2285&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **56–5** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **120–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ROZIC — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** REPORTED
- **2019-01-31** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.28
- **2019-02-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-02-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-02-11** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1850
- **2019-05-08** 3RD READING CAL.25
- **2019-05-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-09-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-13** SIGNED CHAP.261 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e06c3096-6236-4b98-b136-6139a6f0a825`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).