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Senate Bill S3181

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing home confinement for certain incarcerated individuals during a declared state of emergency

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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2021-S3181 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §607, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: S4339
2025-2026: S5287

2021-S3181 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner to place certain incarcerated individuals in home confinement during a declared state of emergency if such state of emergency conditions materially affect the functioning of the department of corrections and community supervision.

2021-S3181 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3181 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3181
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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  authorizing  home
   confinement  for  certain  incarcerated  individuals during a declared
   state of emergency

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The correction law is amended by adding a new section 607
 to read as follows:
   § 607. HOME CONFINEMENT AUTHORITY. 1. FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 "COVERED  EMERGENCY  PERIOD" SHALL MEAN THE PERIOD BEGINNING ON THE DATE
 ON WHICH A STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED  BY  THE  GOVERNOR
 PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  TWO-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW AND ENDING ON THE DATE
 THAT IS THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH STATE DISASTER EMERGEN-
 CY HAS BEEN LIFTED.
   2. DURING A COVERED EMERGENCY PERIOD, IF THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DETER-
 MINE THAT EMERGENCY CONDITIONS WILL MATERIALLY AFFECT THE FUNCTIONING OF
 THE DEPARTMENT, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO  PLACE  ANY
 INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUAL  IN  HOME CONFINEMENT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THAT
 THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02782-01-1

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