Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Assembly Bill A6482
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEPRIN
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Donna Lupardo
Anna Kelles
2023-A6482 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A6482 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Creates a temporary state commission relating to local correctional facilities in upstate New York; provides commission study shall place emphasis on medical and mental health care, overcrowding, incarcerated individual deaths, use of force, restraints, and all segregation and confinement practices and solitary confinement.
2023-A6482 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6482 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, LUPARDO, KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT creating a temporary state commission relating to local correc- tional facilities in upstate New York; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. A temporary state commission is hereby created to study and make recommendations relating to local correctional facilities located outside of the boundaries of a city with a population of more than one million people. The commission will place particular emphasis on medical and mental health care (including the use of private contractors), over- crowding, incarcerated individual deaths, use of force, restraints, and all segregation and confinement practices and solitary confinement, but will not be restricted to those topics. § 2. The commission shall consist of eleven members to be appointed as follows: a. The chairman of the temporary state commission of correction estab- lished pursuant to section one of this act and the executive director of the independent agency which conducts and coordinates the protection and advocacy and client assistance programs, as established pursuant to subdivision (b) of section 558 of the executive law and federal law, or their representatives; b. Nine members to be appointed as follows: three shall be appointed by the governor; two shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate and one by the minority leader of the senate; and two shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly and one by the minority leader of the assembly. Of the three members appointed by the governor, none shall be an elected official or current employee of a local correc- tional facility or other branch of county government. Such nine members of the commission must reside in counties under the purview of this EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01447-01-3
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