NY State Senate Bill 2025-S9984

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 21, 2026	referred to codes

2025-S9984 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§205.00, 205.20 & 205.25, Pen L; amd §112, Cor L

2025-S9984 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the penalties for promoting prison contraband in the first and second degrees; requires that each state correctional facility use body imaging scanning for all incarcerated individuals and visitors entering such facility; requires state correctional facilities to use trained canines to screen for contraband at the entrance of each facility.

2025-S9984 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9984

SPONSOR: GRIFFO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the penal law and the correction law, in relation to
increasing penalties for promoting prison contraband and screening
protocols at correctional facilities

 
PURPOSE:

To increase penalties for promoting prison contraband and increase
screening protocols at correctional facilities.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Establishes that the act shall be known and cited as the
"correctional facility protection act".

Section 2: Expands on the definition of "Dangerous contraband".

Section 3-4: Lists the class of misdemeanor and felony for promoting

prison contraband in the second and first degree respectively.

Section 5: Declares the commissioner shall require that each correction-
al facility utilize body imaging scanning equipment to screen all incar-
cerated individuals and visitors who wish to enter such correctional
facility. The section lists that such scanning shall be mandatory for
any visitor seeking a contact visit. The section defines "body imaging
scanning equipment". The section also lists that the commissioner shall
establish a contraband screening plan which shall include the use of a
leashed and controlled canine trained to detect illegal drugs at the
entrance of each correctional facility and lists who and what shall be
subject to screening by such canine.

Section 6: This act shall take effect immediately.

 
EXISTING LAW:

N/A.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The security and safety of correctional facilities should be treated
with high importance. The safety of these facilities has been put in
jeopardy in the past because of the surge of dangerous contraband enter-
ing these facilities. From visitors to incarcerated individuals, danger-
ous contraband such as dangerous weapons and controlled substances has
found its way into correctional facilities. With such an increase of
dangerous contraband's presence in correctional facilities, it is
evident that more precautions and protocols need to be put in place to
detect and prevent dangerous contraband from entering correctional
facilities and putting those within them at risk. Increased safety and
screening protocols such as body imaging scanning, and leashed and
controlled canines to detect illegal drugs at the entrance of correc-
tional facilities can prove to be effective at disrupting the flow of
dangerous contraband entering correctional facilities and can aid in
keeping them safe and secure.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S9984 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9984
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 21, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the correction  law,  in  relation  to
   increasing  penalties  for  promoting  prison contraband and screening
   protocols at correctional facilities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as the "correc-
 tional facility protection act".
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 205.00 of the penal law  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   4.  "Dangerous  contraband"  means contraband which is capable of such
 use as may endanger the safety or security of a  detention  facility  or
 any  person  therein  WHICH  SHALL  INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO
 FIREARMS AND OTHER DANGEROUS WEAPONS DEFINED IN SECTION 265.00  OF  THIS
 PART,  DESTRUCTIVE  DEVICES  DEFINED IN SECTION 265.00 OF THIS PART, AND
 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES DEFINED IN SECTION 220.00 OF THIS PART.
   § 3. The closing paragraph of section  205.20  of  the  penal  law  is
 amended to read as follows:
   Promoting  prison contraband in the second degree is a class [A misde-
 meanor] E FELONY.
   § 4. The closing paragraph of section  205.25  of  the  penal  law  is
 amended to read as follows:
   Promoting prison contraband in the first degree is a class [D] C felo-
 ny.
   §  5.  Section  112 of the correction law is amended by adding two new
 subdivisions 8 and 9 to read as follows:
   8. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE THAT EACH CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY
 UTILIZE BODY IMAGING SCANNING EQUIPMENT TO SCREEN ALL INCARCERATED INDI-
 VIDUALS AND VISITORS WHO SEEK TO ENTER SUCH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.  SUCH
 SCANNING SHALL BE MANDATORY FOR ANY VISITOR SEEKING A CONTACT VISIT.
   (B)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION, "BODY IMAGING SCANNING
 EQUIPMENT" SHALL MEAN EQUIPMENT THAT UTILIZES A  LOW  DOSE  OF  IONIZING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15572-01-6

 S. 9984                             2
 
 RADIATION  TO  PRODUCE  AN ANATOMICAL IMAGE CAPABLE OF DETECTING OBJECTS
 PLACED ON, ATTACHED TO, OR SECRETED WITHIN A PERSON'S BODY.
   9.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A CONTRABAND SCREENING PLAN WHICH
 SHALL INCLUDE THE USE OF A LEASHED  AND  CONTROLLED  CANINE  TRAINED  TO
 DETECT ILLEGAL DRUGS AT THE ENTRANCE OF EACH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.  ALL
 VISITORS,  BAGS,  AND  ITEMS  ENTERING  THE FACILITY SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
 SCREENING BY SUCH CANINE.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2025-S9984 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S9984 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9984 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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