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Assembly Actions -
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| May 31, 2022 |
referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Feb 16, 2022 |
advanced to third reading |
| Feb 15, 2022 |
2nd report cal. |
| Feb 14, 2022 |
1st report cal.493 |
| Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction returned to senate died in assembly |
| May 25, 2021 |
referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate |
| May 12, 2021 |
advanced to third reading |
| May 11, 2021 |
2nd report cal. |
| May 10, 2021 |
1st report cal.986 |
| Mar 05, 2021 |
print number 2841a |
| Mar 05, 2021 |
amend (t) and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction |
| Jan 26, 2021 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S2841A
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 32nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) 36th Senate District
(D, WF) 13th Senate District
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
(D) 10th Senate District
2021-S2841 - Details
2021-S2841 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2841
SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to the establishment of
an inmate visitation program
PURPOSE:
To establish the inmate visiting program in state and local correctional
facilities
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section 138-b to the correction law establishing a
section authorizing inmate visits.
Section 2 provides an effective date.
2021-S2841 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2841
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 26, 2021
___________
Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, BAILEY, RAMOS, RIVERA, SANDERS, SAVINO --
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 the establishment of
an inmate visitation program
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 138-b
to read as follows:
§ 138-B. INMATE VISITATION PROGRAM. STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES SHALL PROVIDE INMATE VISITATION PROGRAMS WHICH GIVE INMATES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL CONTACT WITH RELATIVES, FRIENDS, CLERGY,
VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER PERSONS TO PROMOTE BETTER INSTITUTIONAL ADJUSTMENT
AND BETTER COMMUNITY ADJUSTMENT UPON RELEASE. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL
INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, (A) VISITING HOURS THAT ARE REASONABLY
LIKELY TO ACCOMMODATE PERSONS TRAVELING FROM WITHIN THE STATE, (B)
VISITS OF SUFFICIENT DURATION SO THAT VISITORS AND INMATES WILL BE ABLE
TO MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIP BONDS, AND (C) A PUBLISHED OVERCROWDING POLICY
THAT IS EQUITABLE WITH DUE CONSIDERATION TO THE DISTANCE TRAVELED BY THE
VISITOR. VIDEO VISITATION MAY SUPPLEMENT, BUT SHALL NOT TAKE THE PLACE
OF, IN-PERSON VISITATION. NO INMATE IS TO BE VISITED AGAINST HIS OR HER
WILL BY ANY PERSON.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04355-01-1
co-Sponsors
(D) 36th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 25th Senate District
(D, WF) 55th Senate District
2021-S2841A (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S2841A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes a visiting program for incarcerated people, which gives incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.
2021-S2841A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2841A
SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to the establishment of
a visiting program for incarcerated people
PURPOSE:
To establish a visiting program in state and local correctional facili-
ties
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section 138-b to the correction law establishing a
section authorizing a visitation program for incarcerated individuals.
Section 2 clarifies that individuals that are incarcerated have the
right to accept or deny a visit
2021-S2841A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2841--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 26, 2021
___________
Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, BAILEY, RAMOS, RIVERA, SANDERS, SAVINO --
read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the establishment of
a visiting program for incarcerated people
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 138-b
to read as follows:
§ 138-B. VISITING PROGRAM FOR THE INCARCERATED. 1. STATE AND LOCAL
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SHALL PROVIDE VISITING PROGRAMS WHICH GIVE
INCARCERATED PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL CONTACT WITH THEIR RELA-
TIVES, CHILDREN, FRIENDS, CLERGY, VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER PERSONS TO
PROMOTE INDIVIDUAL TRANSFORMATION, BETTER INSTITUTIONAL ADJUSTMENT AND
BETTER COMMUNITY ADJUSTMENT UPON RELEASE. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE,
BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, (A) VISITING HOURS THAT ARE REASONABLY LIKELY TO
ACCOMMODATE PERSONS TRAVELING FROM WITHIN THE STATE, INCLUDING EVENING
AND/OR WEEKEND HOURS, (B) VISITS OF SUFFICIENT DURATION, INCLUDING A
MINIMUM OF ONE HOUR AT LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SO THAT VISITORS
AND INCARCERATED PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIP BONDS, AND
(C) A PUBLISHED OVERCROWDING POLICY THAT IS EQUITABLE WITH DUE CONSIDER-
ATION TO THE DISTANCE TRAVELED BY THE VISITOR, THE FREQUENCY OF THE
VISITOR'S VISITS, THE MOST RECENT OCCASION THAT THE INCARCERATED
PERSON'S VISIT WAS TERMINATED DUE TO OVERCROWDING, AND ANY OTHER INDI-
VIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LIMIT IN-PERSON VISITS BETWEEN THE INCARCERAT-
ED PERSON AND THE VISITOR.
2. VIDEO CONFERENCING MAY SUPPLEMENT, BUT SHALL NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF,
IN-PERSON VISITS.
3. NO INCARCERATED PERSON IS TO BE VISITED AGAINST HIS OR HER WILL BY
ANY PERSON.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.
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