NY State Senate Bill 2025-S4560

Senate Bill S4560

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a third-party vendor program to send certain packages to incarcerated individuals

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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Feb 07, 2025	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

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2025-S4560 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5363
Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §112, Cor L

2025-S4560 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a third-party vendor program of not more than 10 vendors to send certain packages to incarcerated individuals.

2025-S4560 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4560

SPONSOR: STEC
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the correction law, in relation establishing a third-
party vendor program to send certain packages to incarcerated individ-
uals

 
PURPOSE:

To establish a secure vendor program at state correctional facilities.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 - Amends section 112 of the correction law to create a secure
vendor program for all packages and articles sent to incarcerated indi-
viduals housed in state facilities.

Section 2 - Provides effective date

JUSTIFICATION:

In January 2025, 20 employees at Upstate Correctional Facility received
medical attention, including the administration of NARCAN, following an
interaction with an incarcerated individual who was showing symptoms of
drug use.

This event highlighted a growing issue within New York state's prisons
centered on illicit compounds making their way into facilities, endan-
gering both staff and the state's incarcerated population.

Drug addiction is rampant among the state's inmate population. The state
Department of Correction and Community Supervision reported that,
between 3,075 incarcerated individuals enrolled in its addition treat-
ment program between Jan. 1, 2022 and Dec. 31, 2023.

Further, correction officers regularly report the presence of drugs that
have made their way into state prisons.

This legislation would close one of the gaps in prison security by
mandating the use of secure vendors for all packages and articles sent
to incarcerated individuals.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

TBD

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S4560 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4560
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  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 establishing a third-
   party vendor program to send certain packages to incarcerated individ-
   uals

   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  THIRD-PARTY  SECURE  VENDOR
 MAIL PROGRAM OF NOT MORE THAN TEN VENDORS, TO BE UTILIZED FOR THE DELIV-
 ERY OF ALL PACKAGES AND ARTICLES TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ORDER AND DELIVERY OF ALL PRODUCTS TO INCARCERAT-
 ED INDIVIDUALS HOUSED AT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECES-
 SARY  TO  IMPLEMENT  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION. ANY REGULATIONS
 SHALL REQUIRE THAT ALL PACKAGES AND ARTICLES ARE SENT  VIA  AN  APPROVED
 THIRD-PARTY  SECURE VENDOR. SUCH REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO LETTERS,
 CARDS OR OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE SHIPPED VIA UNITED STATES  POSTAL  SERVICE
 FIRST-CLASS MAIL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09126-01-5

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Daniel G. Stec