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S05059Introduced in the Senate

Provides assistance to incarcerated individuals being released from correctional facilities for enrollment in safety net assistance, public assistance, supplemental assistance program (SNAP), special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC), the home energy assistance program (HEAP), supplemental security income, and state supplemental payments.

EngrossedSenate Social Services

Introduced by Cordell Cleare, District 30

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Provides assistance to incarcerated individuals being released from correctional facilities for enrollment in safety net assistance, public assistance, supplemental assistance program (SNAP), special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC), the home energy assistance program (HEAP), supplemental security income, and state supplemental payments.

Where it stands

REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

January 7, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Rules Committee Vote · June 10, 2025

17

Yes

2

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

21 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Michael Gianaris12Yes
Leroy Comrie14Yes
Joseph Addabbo15Absent
John Liu16Yes
Zellnor Myrie20Absent
Kevin Parker21Yes
Andrew Lanza24Yes
Liz Krueger28Yes
Luis Sepulveda32Yes
Nathalia Fernandez34Yes

Bill history

  1. REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

  2. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

  3. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1743

  4. PASSED SENATE

  5. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  6. referred to correction

  7. died in assembly

  8. returned to senate

  9. REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

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