| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 06, 2024 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Mar 19, 2024 |
print number 1942a |
| Mar 19, 2024 |
amend (t) and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction |
| Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
| Jan 17, 2023 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S1942A
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 36th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 55th Senate District
(D) 30th Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
2023-S1942 - Details
2023-S1942 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1942
SPONSOR: BAILEY
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to providing voice
communication services to incarcerated individuals at no cost
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To eliminate the cost of phone calls from people incarcerated state
facilities to family and friends living in the United States.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends section 623 of the correction Law to remove sections
law that provided for the existing system of prepaid or collect calls
and clarifies that the department of corrections shall not accept or
receive any revenue for administering telephone services.
Section 2 provides the effective date
2023-S1942 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1942
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 17, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, CLEARE, COONEY, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
JACKSON, KRUEGER, RIVERA, STAVISKY -- 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 providing voice
communication services to incarcerated individuals at no cost
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 623 of the correction law, as amended by chapter
322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
§ 623. [Incarcerated individual telephone] VOICE COMMUNICATION
services FOR INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. 1. [Telephone] VOICE COMMUNI-
CATION services contracts for incarcerated individuals in state correc-
tional facilities shall be subject to the procurement provisions as set
forth in article eleven of the state finance law [provided, however,
that when determining the best value of such telephone service, the
lowest possible cost to the telephone user shall be emphasized].
2. [The department shall make available either a "prepaid" or "collect
call" system, or a combination thereof, for telephone service. Under the
"prepaid" system, funds may be deposited into an account in order to pay
for station-to-station calls, provided that nothing in this subdivision
shall require the department to provide or administer a prepaid system.
Under a "collect call" system, call recipients are billed for the cost
of an accepted telephone call initiated by an incarcerated individual.
Under such "collect call" system, the provider of incarcerated individ-
ual telephone service, as an additional means of payment, must permit
the recipient of incarcerated individual calls to establish an account
with such provider in order to deposit funds to pay for such collect
calls in advance] STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES CHARGED WITH THE OPERATION
AND MANAGEMENT OF STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JUVENILE
DETENTION FACILITIES SHALL PROVIDE PERSONS IN THEIR CUSTODY AND CONFINED
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05082-01-3
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 25th Senate District
(D, WF) 55th Senate District
(D) 30th Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
2023-S1942A (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S1942A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1942A
SPONSOR: BAILEY
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to providing voice
communication services to incarcerated individuals at no cost; and to
repeal section 623 of the correction law related thereto
PURPOSE::
To eliminate the cost of phone calls from people incarcerated state
facilities to family and friends living in the United States.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::
Section 1 amends section 623 of the correction Law to remove sections
law that provided for the existing system of prepaid or collect calls
and clarifies that the department of corrections shall not accept or
receive any revenue for administering telephone services.
Section 2 provides the effective date
2023-S1942A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1942--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 17, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ,
GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, RIVERA, SALAZAR, STAVISKY
-- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction -- recommitted to
the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction in accordance
with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing voice
communication services to incarcerated individuals at no cost; and to
repeal section 623 of the correction law related thereto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 623 of the correction law is REPEALED and a new
section 623 is added to read as follows:
§ 623. COMMUNICATION WITH PEOPLE CONFINED TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
1. STATE AGENCIES CHARGED WITH THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STATE
PRISONS AND YOUTH RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENTS OR DETENTION CENTERS SHALL
PROVIDE PERSONS IN THEIR CUSTODY AND CONFINED IN A CORRECTIONAL OR
DETENTION FACILITY WITH VOICE COMMUNICATION SERVICE. SUCH STATE AGENCIES
MAY SUPPLEMENT VOICE COMMUNICATION SERVICE WITH OTHER COMMUNICATION
SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VIDEO COMMUNICATION AND ELEC-
TRONIC MAIL OR MESSAGING SERVICES. TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH VOICE COMMU-
NICATION SERVICE OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION SERVICE IS PROVIDED, WHICH
SHALL NOT BE LIMITED BEYOND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AND ROUTINE FACILITY
PROCEDURES, EACH SUCH SERVICE SHALL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO THE
PERSON INITIATING AND THE PERSON RECEIVING THE COMMUNICATION.
2. NO STATE AGENCY SHALL RECEIVE REVENUE FROM THE PROVISION OF VOICE
COMMUNICATION SERVICES OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION SERVICES TO ANY PERSON
CONFINED IN A STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR YOUTH RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT
OR DETENTION CENTER.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05082-04-4
S. 1942--A 2
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