Senate Bill S309A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the establishment of emergency management release plans to be developed for use in correctional facilities in the event of a state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S309 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §135, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S9423

2023-S309 - Summary

Relates to the establishment of emergency management release plans to be developed for use in correctional facilities in the event of a state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order; establishes an advisory board to provide recommendations for the development of such plans; establishes criteria to be used to determine eligibility for emergency release of incarcerated individuals.

2023-S309 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S309 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    309
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- 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 establishment of
   emergency management release plans to be developed for use in  correc-
   tional  facilities in the event of a state disaster emergency declared
   pursuant to executive order
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The correction law is amended by adding a new section 134
 to read as follows:
   § 134. STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELEASE  PLANS  IN  CORREC-
 TIONAL  FACILITIES.  1. THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT
 AN ADVISORY BOARD TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT REGARDING
 THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELEASE PLANS WITHIN THE FACILI-
 TIES OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR USE IN THE EVENT OF A STATE DISASTER
 EMERGENCY DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER.
   2. THE ADVISORY BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF NINE MEMBERS INCLUDING:
   (A) THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE;
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OR HIS OR HER DESIG-
 NEE;
   (C) THE DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES;
   (D) TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE FORMERLY INCARCERATED IN FACILITIES OPER-
 ATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, ONE EACH APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF
 THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, BASED ON CONSULTATIONS  WITH
 ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE
 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM;
   (E) THREE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR INCLUDING:
   (I)  A  MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS' BENEVOLENT
 ASSOCIATION;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2023-S309A - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §135, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S9423

2023-S309A - Summary

Relates to the establishment of emergency management release plans to be developed for use in correctional facilities in the event of a state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order; establishes an advisory board to provide recommendations for the development of such plans; establishes criteria to be used to determine eligibility for emergency release of incarcerated individuals.

2023-S309A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S309A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  309--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
   Correction  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the establishment  of
   emergency  management release plans to be developed for use in correc-
   tional facilities in the event of a state disaster emergency  declared
   pursuant to executive order
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new  section  135
 to read as follows:
   §  135.  STATE  DISASTER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELEASE PLANS IN CORREC-
 TIONAL FACILITIES. 1. THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN  THE  DEPARTMENT
 AN ADVISORY BOARD TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT REGARDING
 THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELEASE PLANS WITHIN THE FACILI-
 TIES OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR USE IN THE EVENT OF A STATE DISASTER
 EMERGENCY DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER.
   2. THE ADVISORY BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF NINE MEMBERS INCLUDING:
   (A) THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE;
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OR HIS OR HER DESIG-
 NEE;
   (C) THE DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES;
   (D) TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE FORMERLY INCARCERATED IN FACILITIES OPER-
 ATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, ONE EACH APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF
 THE  SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, BASED ON CONSULTATIONS WITH
 ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE
 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2023-S309B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §135, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S9423

2023-S309B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the establishment of emergency management release plans to be developed for use in correctional facilities in the event of a state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order; establishes an advisory board to provide recommendations for the development of such plans; establishes criteria to be used to determine eligibility for emergency release of incarcerated individuals.

2023-S309B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S309B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  309--B
     Cal. No. 581
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
   Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
   Correction  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee -- reported favorably from said  committee,  ordered
   to  first  report, amended on first report, ordered to a second report
   and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of  second
   report
 
 AN  ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the establishment of
   emergency management release plans to be developed for use in  correc-
   tional  facilities in the event of a state disaster emergency declared
   pursuant to executive order
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The correction law is amended by adding a new section 135
 to read as follows:
   § 135. STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELEASE  PLANS  IN  CORREC-
 TIONAL  FACILITIES.  1. THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT
 AN ADVISORY BOARD TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT REGARDING
 THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELEASE PLANS WITHIN THE FACILI-
 TIES OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR USE IN THE EVENT OF A STATE DISASTER
 EMERGENCY DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER.
   2. THE ADVISORY BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF NINE MEMBERS INCLUDING:
   (A) THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT, OR THEIR DESIGNEE;
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OR THEIR DESIGNEE;
   (C) THE DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES;
   (D) TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE FORMERLY INCARCERATED IN FACILITIES OPER-
 ATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, ONE EACH APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF
 THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, BASED ON CONSULTATIONS  WITH
 ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE
 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM;
              

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