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Assembly Bill A5363

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a third-party vendor program to send certain packages to incarcerated individuals

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2025-A5363 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4560
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §112, Cor L

2025-A5363 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a third-party vendor program of not more than 10 vendors to send certain packages to incarcerated individuals.

2025-A5363 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5363
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation  establishing  a  third-
   party vendor program to send certain packages to incarcerated individ-
   uals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 112 of the correction law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  (A)  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A THIRD-PARTY SECURE VENDOR
 MAIL PROGRAM OF NOT MORE THAN TEN VENDORS, TO BE UTILIZED FOR THE DELIV-
 ERY OF ALL PACKAGES AND ARTICLES TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ORDER AND DELIVERY OF ALL PRODUCTS TO INCARCERAT-
 ED INDIVIDUALS HOUSED AT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECES-
 SARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SUBDIVISION.  ANY  REGULATIONS
 SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  ALL PACKAGES AND ARTICLES ARE SENT VIA AN APPROVED
 THIRD-PARTY SECURE VENDOR. SUCH REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO  LETTERS,
 CARDS  OR  OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE SHIPPED VIA UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 FIRST-CLASS MAIL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09126-01-5

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