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Assembly Bill A2119

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Expands who may visit local correctional facilities

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2025-A2119 - Details

Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §500-j, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6487

2025-A2119 - Summary

Expands who may visit local correctional facilities to include persons and accompanying staff of the chief executive officer of a county, members of a county legislative body, mayor of the city of New York, New York city public advocate, New York city comptroller, and members of the New York city council.

2025-A2119 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2119
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEPRIN,  SHRESTHA,  EPSTEIN, ANDERSON, COOK,
   SIMONE, SAYEGH, ALVAREZ,  JACOBSON,  ZACCARO,  STECK,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
   RAGA,  KELLES,  SIMON,  BORES, MEEKS, LEVENBERG, DAVILA, GIBBS, REYES,
   MAMDANI, TAPIA, SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
   Correction

 AN  ACT  to amend the correction law, in relation to who may visit local
   correctional facilities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 500-j of the correction law, as amended by chapter
 291 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   § 500-j. Who may visit local correctional  facilities.  The  following
 persons  may  visit  at  pleasure all local correctional facilities: The
 governor and lieutenant-governor, secretary of  state,  comptroller  and
 attorney-general,  members  of  the  legislature  AND THEIR ACCOMPANYING
 STAFF AS REQUESTED BY THE  MEMBER  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE  IF  THE  MEMBER
 REQUESTS  TO  BE SO ACCOMPANIED, MEMBERS OF THE ELECTED LEGISLATIVE BODY
 OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY  IS  LOCATED  AND
 THEIR  ACCOMPANYING STAFF AS REQUESTED BY THE MEMBER OF SUCH LEGISLATIVE
 BODY IF THE MEMBER REQUESTS TO BE SO ACCOMPANIED, IN  THE  CITY  OF  NEW
 YORK,  MEMBERS  OF  THE  CITY  COUNCIL  AND  THEIR ACCOMPANYING STAFF AS
 REQUESTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER  REQUESTS  TO
 BE  SO  ACCOMPANIED, PROVIDED THAT SUCH REQUEST DOES NOT IMPACT UPON THE
 LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY'S ABILITY TO SUPERVISE, MANAGE  AND  CONTROL
 ITS  FACILITIES  AS  DETERMINED  BY THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY, OR IN THE
 COUNTIES WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION  OF
 SUCH  CITY,  OR  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  WESTCHESTER,  THE  COMMISSIONER OF
 CORRECTION OF SUCH COUNTY, judges of the court of appeals,  justices  of
 the  supreme court and county judges, district attorneys and every cler-
 gyman or minister, as such terms are defined in section two of the reli-
 gious corporations law, having charge of a congregation in the county in
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05549-01-5

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2025-A2119A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §500-j, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6487

2025-A2119A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands who may visit local correctional facilities to include persons and accompanying staff of the chief executive officer of a county, members of a county legislative body, mayor of the city of New York, New York city public advocate, New York city comptroller, and members of the New York city council.

2025-A2119A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2119--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEPRIN,  SHRESTHA,  EPSTEIN, ANDERSON, COOK,
   SIMONE, SAYEGH, ALVAREZ,  JACOBSON,  ZACCARO,  STECK,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
   RAGA,  KELLES,  SIMON,  BORES, MEEKS, LEVENBERG, DAVILA, GIBBS, REYES,
   MAMDANI, TAPIA, SHIMSKY, BURDICK, R. CARROLL, CLARK, RIVERA, GALLAGHER
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the correction law, in relation to who may visit local
   correctional facilities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 500-j of the correction law, as amended by chapter
 291 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   § 500-j. Who may visit local correctional facilities.  1. The  follow-
 ing  persons  AND THEIR ACCOMPANYING STAFF may visit, at THEIR pleasure,
 all local correctional facilities: The governor [and], lieutenant-gover-
 nor, secretary of state, comptroller [and], attorney-general, members of
 the legislature, judges of the court of appeals, justices of the supreme
 court [and], county judges, AND district attorneys [and every].
   2. THE FOLLOWING PERSONS AND THEIR ACCOMPANYING STAFF  MAY  VISIT,  AT
 THEIR  PLEASURE, THE LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES LOCATED IN THE COUNTY
 OR CITY OF THEIR JURISDICTION: THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF A  COUNTY,
 MEMBERS OF A COUNTY LEGISLATIVE BODY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, NEW
 YORK CITY PUBLIC ADVOCATE, NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER, AND MEMBERS OF THE
 NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL.
   3.  EVERY  clergyman or minister, as such terms are defined in section
 two of the religious corporations law,  [having]  MAY  VISIT,  AT  THEIR
 PLEASURE,  THE  LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITIES LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OR
 CITY OF WHICH THEY HAVE charge of a congregation [in the county in which
 such facility is located].
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05549-04-5
 A. 2119--A                          2

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