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Senate Bill S8492

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a digital legal mail program

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2025-S8492 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9072
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §112, Cor L

2025-S8492 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a digital legal mail program for the delivery of privileged correspondences to incarcerated individuals housed at correctional facilities; requires law offices sending legal mail via digital platforms to incarcerated individuals to register with the department of corrections.

2025-S8492 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8492 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8492
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 29, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the  correction  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  a
   digital legal mail program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 112 of the correction law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  (A)  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A DIGITAL LEGAL MAIL PROGRAM
 FOR THE DELIVERY OF ALL PRIVILEGED CORRESPONDENCES RECEIVED BY INCARCER-
 ATED INDIVIDUALS HOUSED AT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL
 REQUIRE ALL LAW OFFICES TO REGISTER WITH THE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO RECEIV-
 ING  CLEARANCE TO SEND LEGAL MAIL VIA A DIGITAL PLATFORM TO AN INCARCER-
 ATED INDIVIDUAL.
   (B) LEGAL MAIL SHALL BE SENT TO A SECURE DIGITAL LOCATION  MANAGED  BY
 THE DEPARTMENT.
   (C)  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY
 TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WHICH SHALL COMPLY WITH
 ALL LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS AFFORDED TO INCARCERATED  INDI-
 VIDUALS IN REGARD TO PRIVILEGED CORRESPONDENCES.
   (D)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS FOR
 INSTANCES WHERE THE DIGITAL TRANSMISSION OF LEGAL MAIL IS NEITHER POSSI-
 BLE NOR  PRACTICAL,  WHILE  PROVIDING  FOR  ALL  GERMANE  CONSTITUTIONAL
 PROTECTIONS.   ALL LEGAL MAIL THAT IS NOT TRANSMITTED DIGITALLY SHALL BE
 SCREENED PRIOR TO DELIVERY TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13684-01-5

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