New York S 961: 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

Status: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 961

Sponsors: Patrick M. Gallivan, Anthony H. Palumbo, George Borrello, Pamela Helming, Peter Oberacker, Steve Rhoads

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
S00961 Summary:

BILL NOS00961 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS A01739

&nbsp

SPONSORGALLIVAN

&nbsp

COSPNSRBORRELLO, HELMING, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, RHOADS

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §112, Cor L

&nbsp

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.

Go to top S00961 Actions:

BILL NOS00961 

&nbsp

01/08/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Go to topS00961 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS00961 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topS00961 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 961

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (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:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 112 of the correction law, as
 2 amended by section 19 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
 3 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 4 3. The commissioner may require reports from the superintendent or any
 5 other officer or employee of the department assigned to any correctional
 6 facility or to perform community supervision in relation to [his or her]
 7 conduct as such officer or employee, and shall have the power to inquire
 8 into any improper conduct which may be alleged to have been committed by
 9 any person at any correctional facility or in the course of [his or her]
 10 performance of community supervision, and for that purpose to issue
 11 subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production
 12 before [him or her] such person of books, writings and papers. A subpoe-
 13 na issued under this section shall be regulated by the civil practice
 14 law and rules, provided, however, any officer or employee of the depart-
 15 ment whose personal information is the subject of a subpoena duces tecum
 16 shall be provided written notice of such subpoena duces tecum within
 17 five business days of the commissioner issuing such subpoena.
 18 § 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

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps

View New York S 961 on LegisTrack → — full text, sponsors, votes, campaign finance, and cross-state matches.