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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relates to prohibiting the requirement of inmates to waive religious rights"
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description: "Prohibits the commissioner of corrections and community supervision from promulgating policy to require inmates to waive religious rights in order to participate in inmate programs."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "A 9702"
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citation: "New York A 9702 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["WEPRIN"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-02-06"
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last_action: "2020-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/844e7687-b946-47cc-9e5e-dc184b6e444f"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A9702"
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source_hash: "1973a76eceeb8afe71b2d6fddbb302c8394011ce500f4d263c9bdfe499cb51bc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York A 9702 (2019-2020) — Relates to prohibiting the requirement of inmates to waive religious rights
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Prohibits the commissioner of corrections and community supervision from promulgating policy to require inmates to waive religious rights in order to participate in inmate programs.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **A9702** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9702&term=2019&Text=Y)
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## Votes
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- Floor Vote — **45–15** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- WEPRIN — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-06** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
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- **2020-07-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2020-07-21** REPORTED
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- **2020-07-21** RULES REPORT CAL.253
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- **2020-07-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.253
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- **2020-07-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8740
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- **2020-07-23** 3RD READING CAL.954
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- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2020-09-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-10-07** SIGNED CHAP.211 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/844e7687-b946-47cc-9e5e-dc184b6e444f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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