S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10487
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 6, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing body-worn
cameras to certain individuals visiting correctional facilities
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 146 of the correction law, as
amended by chapter 274 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
follows:
1. A. The following persons shall be authorized to visit at pleasure
all correctional facilities: The governor and lieutenant-governor,
commissioner of general services, secretary of state, comptroller and
attorney-general, members of the commission of correction, members of
the legislature and their accompanying staff and any employee of the
department as requested by the member of the legislature if the member
requests to be so accompanied, provided that such request does not
impact upon the department's ability to supervise, manage and control
its facilities as determined by the commissioner, judges of the court of
appeals, supreme court and county judges, district attorneys and every
clergyman or minister, as such terms are defined in section two of the
religious corporations law, having charge of a congregation in the coun-
ty wherein any such facility is situated. No other person not otherwise
authorized by law shall be permitted to enter a correctional facility
except by authority of the commissioner of correction under such regu-
lations as the commissioner shall prescribe.
B. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE TO ALL INDIVIDUALS VISITING A CORREC-
TIONAL FACILITY PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A BODY-
WORN CAMERA TO BE WORN FOR THE DURATION OF THE VISIT AND INSTRUCTION ON
HOW TO OPERATE SUCH BODY-WORN CAMERA. A COPY OF ANY FOOTAGE CAPTURED ON
SUCH BODY-WORN CAMERA SHALL BE TRANSMITTED TO THE INDIVIDUAL WEARING THE
CAMERA, OR THEIR DESIGNEE, WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF THE END OF THEIR
VISIT.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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