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Assembly Bill A4253A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to confidential hearing records

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2019-A4253 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2674
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §138, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7117
2015-2016: A1690
2017-2018: A2385
2021-2022: A7592, S2910
2023-2024: S5170
2025-2026: S5824

2019-A4253 - Summary

Relates to confidential hearing records; authorizes attorney representing inmate in certain proceedings to obtain a copy of hearing record; prohibits redisclosure.

2019-A4253 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4253
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEPRIN,  O'DONNELL,  COLTON -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to confidential  hearing
   records
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 138 of the correction law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING AN INMATE IN ANY APPEAL OF A DISCIPLINARY
 PROCEEDING OR IN ANY LAWSUIT RELATED  TO  SUCH  A  PROCEEDING  SHALL  BE
 PROVIDED  WITH  A COPY OF THE ENTIRE HEARING RECORD BUT SHALL NOT REDIS-
 CLOSE SUCH RECORDS TO ANY PERSON NOT  OTHERWISE  AUTHORIZED  BY  LAW  TO
 OBTAIN  THEM.  THE NAME, IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, HOUSING LOCATION OR WORK
 ASSIGNMENT OF ANY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT MAY BE REDACTED FROM SUCH HEAR-
 ING RECORD.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07208-01-9

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2019-A4253A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2674
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §138, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7117
2015-2016: A1690
2017-2018: A2385
2021-2022: A7592, S2910
2023-2024: S5170
2025-2026: S5824

2019-A4253A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to confidential hearing records; authorizes attorney representing inmate in certain proceedings to obtain a copy of hearing record; prohibits redisclosure.

2019-A4253A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4253--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEPRIN,  O'DONNELL,  COLTON -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Correction -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to confidential  hearing
   records

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 138 of the correction law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING AN INMATE IN ANY APPEAL OF A DISCIPLINARY
 PROCEEDING OR IN ANY LAWSUIT RELATED  TO  SUCH  A  PROCEEDING  SHALL  BE
 PROVIDED  WITH  A COPY OF THE ENTIRE HEARING RECORD BUT SHALL NOT REDIS-
 CLOSE SUCH RECORDS OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE  RECORDS  TO  ANY
 PERSON  NOT  OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO OBTAIN THEM. THE NAME, IDEN-
 TIFICATION NUMBER, HOUSING LOCATION OR WORK ASSIGNMENT OF ANY  CONFIDEN-
 TIAL INFORMANT MAY BE REDACTED FROM SUCH HEARING RECORD.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07208-02-9

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