S 5265 — Requires screening incarcerated individuals for eligibility for public benefits prior to release
Congress · introduced 2025-02-20
Requires screening incarcerated individuals for eligibility for public benefits prior to release and assistance in applying for such programs; requires officials to seek waivers from the USDA for eligibility for such program.
Latest action: 2026-04-16 — SENATE_FLOOR
Sponsors
- Jamaal Bailey (—, NY-36) — sponsor · 2025-02-20
- Dean Murray (—, NY-3) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Lea Webb (—, NY-52) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
- · senate — 1ST REPORT CAL.607
- · senate — 2ND REPORT CAL.
- · senate — ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- · senate — PASSED SENATE
- · senate — DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — REFERRED TO CORRECTION
- · assembly — DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — RETURNED TO SENATE
- · senate — REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
- · senate — 1ST REPORT CAL.423
- · senate — 2ND REPORT CAL.
- · senate — ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- · senate — PASSED SENATE
- · senate — DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — REFERRED TO CORRECTION
- · senate — RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — RETURNED TO SENATE
- · senate — VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- · senate — AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5265A
Text versions
Connected on the graph
4 typed relationships in the influence graph — 4 inbound, 0 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-20 | ← | Lea Webb | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-20 | ← | Dean Murray | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
lobbies on bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | — | ny_lobbying |
sponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-20 | ← | Jamaal Bailey | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
The full graph
Every typed relationship touching this entity — 4 edges across 2 categories. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.
Lobbying
← Lobbies on bill 1 edge
Legislation
← Cosponsored bill 2 edges
- Dean Murray · cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Lea Webb · cosponsor · 2025-02-20
← Sponsored bill 1 edge
- Jamaal Bailey · sponsor · 2025-02-20
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamaal Bailey (—, state_upper NY-36) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Dean Murray (—, state_upper NY-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Lea Webb (—, state_upper NY-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-21 · lobbied on by THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY · ny_lobbying
- 2025-02-20 · sponsored by Jamaal Bailey (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Dean Murray (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-20 · cosponsored by Lea Webb (cosponsor) · sponsorship