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Assembly Bill A11507

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes standardized procedures for visiting incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities

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2025-A11507 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S10584
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 9 §§220 - 236, Cor L

2025-A11507 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes standardized procedures for visiting incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities.

2025-A11507 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11507
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 28, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Forrest) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to visiting incarcerated
   individuals in state and local 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 article 9 to
 read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 9
            VISITING IN STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
 SECTION 220. DEFINITIONS.
         221. VISITING SCHEDULES.
         222. VISITOR PROCESSING TIMELINE.
         223. VISITING ROOM ACCESSIBILITY AND CONDITIONS.
         224. VISITING RIGHTS.
         225. RADIOLOGIST CONSULTANT.
         226. VISIT DENIALS, EXCEPTIONS AND ACCOMMODATIONS.
         227. BODY SCANNER PROCEDURES.
         228. VISITOR MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS.
         229. INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL VISITING RIGHTS.
         230. INVESTIGATIONS AND APPEALS.
         231. VISIT SUSPENSIONS.
         232. EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND DISCIPLINE.
         233. EMERGENCIES; SUSPENSION OF VISITS.
         234. REPORTING.
         235. RIGHT TO BRING AN ACTION.
         236. LAW TO BE POSTED.
   § 220. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "VISITOR"  MEANS A PERSON VISITING AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL IN A
 NON-PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A FAMILY MEMBER,
 FRIEND, OR ROMANTIC PARTNER.
   2. "CONTACT VISIT" MEANS AN ON-SITE IN-PERSON VISIT WITHOUT THE  PRES-
 ENCE  OF  PHYSICAL BARRIERS BETWEEN AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR

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

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