S 8492 — Establishes a digital legal mail program
Congress · introduced 2025-08-29
Establishes a digital legal mail program for the delivery of privileged correspondences to incarcerated individuals housed at correctional facilities; requires law offices sending legal mail via digital platforms to incarcerated individuals to register with the department of corrections.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Dan Stec (—, NY-45) — sponsor · 2025-08-29
- George Borrello (—, NY-57) — cosponsor · 2025-08-29
- Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick (—, NY-9) — cosponsor · 2025-08-29
- Patrick M. Gallivan (—, NY-60) — cosponsor · 2025-08-29
- Joseph A. Griffo (—, NY-53) — cosponsor · 2025-08-29
- Pamela Helming (—, NY-54) — cosponsor · 2025-08-29
- Mario Mattera (—, NY-2) — cosponsor · 2025-08-29
- Dean Murray (—, NY-3) — cosponsor · 2025-08-29
- Peter Oberacker (—, NY-51) — cosponsor · 2025-08-29
- Robert Ortt (—, NY-62) — cosponsor · 2025-08-29
- Steve Rhoads (—, NY-5) — cosponsor · 2025-08-29
- James Tedisco (—, NY-44) — cosponsor · 2025-08-29
- Mark Walczyk (—, NY-49) — cosponsor · 2025-08-29
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
- · senate — REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
- · senate — NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
- · senate — DEFEATED IN CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
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Inbound (13)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-29 | Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-08-29 | Patrick M. Gallivan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-08-29 | Steve Rhoads | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-08-29 | James Tedisco | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-08-29 | Peter Oberacker | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-08-29 | Joseph A. Griffo | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-08-29 | Dan Stec | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-08-29 | Pamela Helming | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-08-29 | George Borrello | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-08-29 | Mario Mattera | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-08-29 | Robert Ortt | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-08-29 | Mark Walczyk | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-08-29 | Dean Murray | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
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 | Dan Stec (—, state_upper NY-45) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Dean Murray (—, state_upper NY-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | George Borrello (—, state_upper NY-57) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | James Tedisco (—, state_upper NY-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Joseph A. Griffo (—, state_upper NY-53) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Mario Mattera (—, state_upper NY-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Mark Walczyk (—, state_upper NY-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Pamela Helming (—, state_upper NY-54) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick (—, state_upper NY-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Patrick M. Gallivan (—, state_upper NY-60) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Peter Oberacker (—, state_upper NY-51) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Robert Ortt (—, state_upper NY-62) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Steve Rhoads (—, state_upper NY-5) | 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.
- 2025-08-29 · cosponsored by Joseph A. Griffo (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-08-29 · cosponsored by Peter Oberacker (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-08-29 · cosponsored by Patrick M. Gallivan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-08-29 · cosponsored by Mario Mattera (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-08-29 · cosponsored by Steve Rhoads (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-08-29 · cosponsored by Dean Murray (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-08-29 · cosponsored by Robert Ortt (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-08-29 · cosponsored by James Tedisco (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-08-29 · cosponsored by Mark Walczyk (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-08-29 · cosponsored by Pamela Helming (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-08-29 · cosponsored by Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-08-29 · sponsored by Dan Stec (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-08-29 · cosponsored by George Borrello (cosponsor) · sponsorship