assembly Bill A702

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the prohibition of double-bunked housing in correctional facilities

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S2211 - Signed by Governor

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    • Passed Assembly
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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 03, 2021 signed chap.570
Oct 22, 2021 delivered to governor
Jun 07, 2021 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading rules cal.411
substituted for a702
Jun 07, 2021 substituted by s2211
rules report cal.411
reported
May 26, 2021 reported referred to rules
Jan 06, 2021 referred to correction

Votes

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Apr 28, 2021 - floor Vote

S2211
63
0
floor
63
Aye
0
Nay
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: Apr 28, 2021

aye (63)

Feb 22, 2021 - Crime Victims, Crime and Correction committee Vote

S2211
7
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committee
7
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
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Abstained
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Committee Vote: Feb 22, 2021

aye (7)

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A702 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2211
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §607, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10173, S8028
2019-2020: A930, S1334, S6582

A702 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the prohibition of double-bunked housing in correctional facilities.

A702 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    702
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JONES,  ABBATE,  TAYLOR, J. RIVERA, LUPARDO,
   J. M. GIGLIO, PALMESANO, GOTTFRIED, COOK, WALSH, WEPRIN, FRIEND, WALC-
   ZYK, BYRNES, GUNTHER, BUTTENSCHON -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.
   BARCLAY,  HAWLEY, MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to  the  prohibition  of
   double-bunked housing in correctional facilities
 
   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.  PROHIBITION OF DOUBLE-BUNKED HOUSING. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION "DOUBLE-BUNKED HOUSING" SHALL MEAN THE PRACTICE OF INMATE  HOUS-
 ING WHERE BUNK BEDS ARE USED IN A DORMITORY SETTING, WITH INMATES RESID-
 ING IN AN OPEN SPACE AND SLEEPING ON BUNK BEDS.
   2.  UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT IS PROHIB-
 ITED FROM HOUSING  INMATES  USING  DOUBLE-BUNKED  HOUSING  PRACTICES  IN
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITIES. ANY INMATES HOUSED IN SUCH DOUBLE-BUNKED HOUS-
 ING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE MOVED TO OTHER  HOUS-
 ING  ACCOMMODATIONS PROVIDED THAT SUCH ACCOMMODATIONS ARE NOT LOCATED IN
 A MORE RESTRICTIVE HOUSING UNIT OR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY  UNLESS  OTHER-
 WISE APPROPRIATE.
   3.  THE DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE OR REPEAL ANY RULES AND
 REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05390-01-1