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Senate Bill S3653

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the disclosure of video footage related to the death of an incarcerated individual involving a correctional officer

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2025-S3653 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4028
Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §22-b, Cor L

2025-S3653 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the disclosure of video footage related to the death of an incarcerated individual involving a correctional officer to the attorney general's office of special investigation.

2025-S3653 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3653 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3653
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- 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 requiring the disclo-
   sure of video footage related to the death of an incarcerated individ-
   ual involving a correctional officer

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that
 transparency and accountability in correctional facilities are essential
 to maintaining public trust. This act seeks  to  promote  accountability
 and deter misconduct by requiring the timely disclosure of video footage
 related  to the death of incarcerated individuals involving correctional
 officers to the attorney general's office of special investigations.
   § 2. The correction law is amended by adding a  new  section  22-b  to
 read as follows:
   §  22-B. DISCLOSURE OF VIDEO FOOTAGE RELATED TO THE DEATH OF INCARCER-
 ATED INDIVIDUALS INVOLVING CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS. 1.    DEFINITIONS.  AS
 USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEAN-
 INGS:
   (A)  "CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY"  SHALL MEAN ANY FACILITY OPERATED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT, A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION
 SIXTEEN  OF  SECTION  TWO  OF THIS CHAPTER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 RIKERS ISLAND.
   (B) "VIDEO FOOTAGE" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED  TO,  RECORDINGS
 FROM  FIXED  CAMERAS,  BODY-WORN CAMERAS, HANDHELD DEVICES, OR ANY OTHER
 RECORDING EQUIPMENT MAINTAINED OR  USED  BY  CORRECTIONAL  STAFF  WITHIN
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
   2. DUTY TO DISCLOSE. THE DEPARTMENT AND ANY LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILI-
 TY  SHALL  DISCLOSE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTI-
 GATION ANY VIDEO FOOTAGE THAT SUCH OFFICE DEEMS TO  BE  RELATED  TO  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04536-02-5

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