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type: "Bill"
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title: "Requires religious dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areas"
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description: "Requires commissaries at correctional facilities to provide food options for purchase through the commissary that satisfy the requirements of halal, kosher and other religious dietary needs of the incarcerated individuals housed at the facility; requires correctional facilities to provide food options for purchase from vending machines located in the visitor's area of the facility that satisfy the requirements of halal, kosher and other religious dietary needs of the incarcerated individuals housed at the facility; and requires that the cost of such food options be comparable to food options that are ordinarily available."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "A 5939"
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citation: "New York A 5939 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Simcha Eichenstein"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-24"
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last_action: "2023-12-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e9be24c-cfba-49eb-ae2e-d2502df38dee"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5939"
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source_hash: "c1dafb55979617759523eb1cff748fc1bde2bec27cc2023933ce13307856d4ea"
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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 5939 (2023-2024) — Requires religious dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areas
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Requires commissaries at correctional facilities to provide food options for purchase through the commissary that satisfy the requirements of halal, kosher and other religious dietary needs of the incarcerated individuals housed at the facility; requires correctional facilities to provide food options for purchase from vending machines located in the visitor's area of the facility that satisfy the requirements of halal, kosher and other religious dietary needs of the incarcerated individuals housed at the facility; and requires that the cost of such food options be comparable to food options that are ordinarily available.
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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. **A5939** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5939&term=2023&Text=Y)
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## Votes
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- Assembly Vote — **141–2** (pass) · lower
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- Floor Vote — **52–10** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Simcha Eichenstein — primary (person)
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- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
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- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-24** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-31** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-01** REPORTED
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- **2023-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.457
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- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.457
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- **2023-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2023-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2023-06-01** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4748B
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- **2023-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.712
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- **2023-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2023-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.687 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-12-08** APPROVAL MEMO.39
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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/3e9be24c-cfba-49eb-ae2e-d2502df38dee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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