Senate Bill S961

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires notice be provided to any officer or employee of the department of corrections and community supervision whose personal information is the subject of a subpoena duces tecum

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

  • 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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2025-S961 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §112, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5207
2011-2012: S3786
2013-2014: S3338
2015-2016: S3818
2017-2018: S3581
2019-2020: S1581
2021-2022: S2638
2023-2024: S228

2025-S961 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that notice be provided to any officer or employee of the department of corrections and community supervision whose personal information is the subject of a subpoena duces tecum.

2025-S961 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S961 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    961
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  GALLIVAN,  BORRELLO, HELMING, OBERACKER, PALUMBO,
   RHOADS -- 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 subpoena power of
   the commissioner of the department of corrections and community super-
   vision
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 112  of  the  correction  law,  as
 amended  by  section 19 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   3. The commissioner may require reports from the superintendent or any
 other officer or employee of the department assigned to any correctional
 facility or to perform community supervision in relation to [his or her]
 conduct as such officer or employee, and shall have the power to inquire
 into any improper conduct which may be alleged to have been committed by
 any person at any correctional facility or in the course of [his or her]
 performance of community supervision, and  for  that  purpose  to  issue
 subpoenas  to  compel  the  attendance  of witnesses, and the production
 before [him or her] SUCH PERSON of books, writings and papers. A subpoe-
 na issued under this section shall be regulated by  the  civil  practice
 law and rules, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, ANY OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPART-
 MENT WHOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION IS THE SUBJECT OF A SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM
 SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  WRITTEN  NOTICE OF SUCH SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM WITHIN
 FIVE BUSINESS DAYS OF THE COMMISSIONER ISSUING SUCH SUBPOENA.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02822-01-5

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