| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2025 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S3611
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 54th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee
Actions
2025-S3611 (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-S3611 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to permanently terminate the conjugal visit program, commonly known as the family reunion program; directs such commissioner to prohibit the establishment of any program designed to provide selected inmates and their families the opportunity to privately meet for an extended period of time.
2025-S3611 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3611
SPONSOR: HELMING
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to the commissioner of
the department of corrections and community supervision's power to
permanently terminate the conjugal visit program, referred to as the
family reunion program
PURPOSE:
This legislation would eliminate conjugal visits in New York State
correctional facilities by removing the power of the Commissioner of
Corrections to regulate the Family Reunion Program.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends section 146 of the correction law. Section 2: Estab-
lishes an effective date.
2025-S3611 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3611
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 29, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- 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 commissioner of
the department of corrections and community supervision's power to
permanently terminate the conjugal visit program, referred to as the
family reunion program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 146 of the correction law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PERMANENTLY TERMINATE THE CONJUGAL VISIT
PROGRAM REFERRED TO AS THE FAMILY REUNION PROGRAM SET FORTH IN PART TWO
HUNDRED TWENTY OF TITLE SEVEN OF THE NEW YORK CODE, RULES AND REGU-
LATIONS. SUCH COMMISSIONER SHALL FURTHER PROHIBIT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
ANY PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SELECTED INMATES AND THEIR FAMILIES THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET PRIVATELY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07193-01-5
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