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S00313 - Eliminates court surcharges and fees and probation and parole surcharges and fees; eliminates the requirement that a parolee or releasee receiving a merit termination of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution; eliminates the requirement that a person receiving a discharge of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution and the payment of certain surcharges or fees (Part A); prohibits mandatory minimum fines for penal law and vehicle and traffic offenses (Part B); mandates that courts engage in an individualized assessment of a person's financial ability to pay a fine prior to imposing a fine (Part C); eliminates the availability of incarceration as a remedy for a failure to pay a fine, surcharge, or fee, lifts and vacates existing warrants issued solely on a person's failure to timely pay a fine, surcharge or fee and ends existing sentences of incarceration based on such failure (Part D); vacates existing unsatisfied civil judgments based on a person's failure to timely pay a surcharge, or fee (Part E); prohibits the collection of a fine, restitution or reparation from the funds of an incarcerated person; prohibits the payment of court fines, mandatory surcharges, certain fees, restitution, reparation or forfeitures from the earnings of prisoners (Part F); vacates existing unpaid surcharges, DNA databank fees, crime victim assistance fees, sexual offender registration fees, supplemental sex offender victim fees, or probation or parole supervision fees; repeals certain provisions of law relating to restrictions on remitting such fees (Part G).
New York - 2023-2024 General Assembly
Introduced byJulia Salazar, Jabari Brisport, Samra G. Brouk
Last updated over 1 year ago
26 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
S00345 - Relates to the statute of limitations for actions based on discriminatory practices in employment; establishes action must be commenced within six years.
New York - 2023-2024 General Assembly
Introduced byAndrew S. Gounardes, Samra G. Brouk, Leroy Comrie
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Engrossed
S00399 - Enacts the safer consumption services pilot program act which provides for the establishment of a pilot program to provide overdose prevention center pilot programs.
New York - 2023-2024 General Assembly
Introduced byGustavo Rivera, Jamaal T. Bailey, Jabari Brisport
Last updated over 1 year ago
25 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
S00321 - Authorizes certain persons confined in institutions operated by the department of corrections and community supervision to apply for a sentence reduction.
New York - 2023-2024 General Assembly
Introduced byJulia Salazar, Neil D. Breslin, Jabari Brisport
Last updated over 1 year ago
29 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
J00055 - Congratulating the Waterford-Halfmoon Girls' Soccer Team and Head Coach Meghan Reynolds upon the occasion of winning the New York State Class C Girls Soccer Championship
New York - 2023-2024 General Assembly
Introduced byJames N. Tedisco, Joseph P. Addabbo, Jacob C. Ashby
Last updated over 1 year ago
63 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
S00319 - Requires anti-bias training for every medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the state; requires the department of health to make an annual report on the implementation and effectiveness of such training.
New York - 2023-2024 General Assembly
Introduced byJulia Salazar, Samra G. Brouk, Kristen Gonzalez
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Engrossed
S00568 - Relates to establishing the housing access voucher program; provides that the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal shall implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program.
New York - 2023-2024 General Assembly
Introduced byBrian P. Kavanagh, Jamaal T. Bailey, Jabari Brisport
Last updated over 1 year ago
36 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
S00771 - Adjusts the calculation of the empire state child credit to provide for a one thousand dollar credit per qualifying child who is less than four years of age and a five hundred dollar credit per qualifying child who is four years of age or older for certain qualifying taxpayers.
New York - 2023-2024 General Assembly
Introduced byJeremy A. Cooney, Joseph P. Addabbo, Neil D. Breslin
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
J00071 - Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 11, 2023, as Children's Mental Health Awareness Day in the State of New York
New York - 2023-2024 General Assembly
Introduced byKevin S. Parker, Samra G. Brouk
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
J00091 - Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 2023, as Mental Health Month in the State of New York
New York - 2023-2024 General Assembly
Introduced byKevin S. Parker, Samra G. Brouk
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
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BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from New York district SD-055
COMMITTEES
New York Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Samra Brouk is a Democrat serving her first term as State Senator for the 55th District in New York. Brouk immigrated to the United States from Lebanon when she was four years old. Her district includes the towns of Mendon, Rush, Wheatland, Pittsford, Perinton, Henrietta and parts of the City of Rochester located in Monroe County. Brouk serves on the following committees: Banks, Consumer Protection, Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities,Local Government, Social Services, and Races & Ethnicity. Prior to her election she was managing director at an engineering services firm. Brouk holds an MBA from the University of Rochester.read less
OFFICES HELD
New York Senate from New York
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