Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 21, 2017 |
signed chap.254 |
Aug 09, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 15, 2017 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.153 substituted for a1730 |
Jun 14, 2017 |
referred to correction delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 22, 2017 |
ordered to third reading cal.1071 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 16, 2017 |
reported and committed to finance |
Apr 25, 2017 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S5682
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2017-S5682 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S5682 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5682 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the correction law, in relation to allowing telephone calls for inmates after transfer from correctional facilities PURPOSE : To provide that state inmates transferred to a new correctional facility are able to call their families within 24 hours of arriving at the new facility. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends subdivision 1 of section 23 of the correction law. Section 2 provides an effective date. JUSTIFICATION : Inmates are routinely transferred from one facility to another for a variety of reasons immediately before transfer they are locked down for a few days, and then are sent by bus to the new facility. The bus may take several days to arrive at the new facility, since it usually makes other stops along the way. Once an inmate reaches the new facility, he or she is not placed in general population right away but
2017-S5682 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5682 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 25, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to allowing telephone calls for inmates after transfer from correctional facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 23 of the correction law, as amended by section 5 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 1. The commissioner shall have the power to transfer inmates from one correctional facility to another. Whenever the transfer of inmates from one correctional facility to another shall be ordered by the commission- er, the superintendent of the facility from which the inmates are trans- ferred shall take immediate steps to make the transfer. The transfer shall be in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the department for the safe delivery of such inmates to the designated facility. WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF ARRIVING AT THE FACILITY TO WHICH AN INMATE IS TRANSFERRED, HE OR SHE SHALL BE ALLOWED TO MAKE AT LEAST ONE PERSONAL PHONE CALL, EXCEPT WHEN TO DO SO WOULD CREATE AN UNACCEPTA- BLE RISK TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF INMATES OR STAFF. IF SECURITY PRECAUTIONS PREVENT THE INMATE FROM MAKING SUCH CALL, A STAFF MEMBER DESIGNATED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE FACILITY SHALL MAKE A CALL TO A PERSON OF THE INMATE'S CHOICE UNLESS THE INMATE DECLINES TO HAVE SUCH A CALL MADE. § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04035-01-7
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