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Assembly Bill A5190

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the identification of correction officers

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2025-A5190 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6350
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §22-b, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10439

2025-A5190 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that correction officers employed in correctional facilities be identified by badge number only.

2025-A5190 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5190
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the identification of
   correction officers
 
   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  22-b
 to read as follows:
   §  22-B.  IDENTIFICATION OF CORRECTION OFFICERS. NO CORRECTION OFFICER
 EMPLOYED IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR OR DISPLAY
 A TAG DISPLAYING THE CORRECTION OFFICER'S NAME, IN  WHOLE  OR  IN  PART.
 CORRECTION OFFICERS EMPLOYED IN SUCH FACILITIES SHALL BE IDENTIFIED BY A
 TAG OR OTHER DISPLAY OF THE OFFICER'S BADGE NUMBER ONLY.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08662-01-5

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