New York S 10110: Provides for an adverse inference in disciplinary proceedings against testimony of correction officers who disable cameras

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S10110 Summary:

BILL NOS10110 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08745

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §137, Cor L

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Provides for an adverse inference against the testimony of an officer or other employee of the department of corrections and community supervision, where such officer or other employee violated department rules or regulations by turning off a facility camera or body-worn camera or otherwise prevented such camera or cameras from recording the incident which is the subject of such disciplinary proceeding.

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BILL NOS10110 

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04/30/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

05/20/20261ST REPORT CAL.1302

05/21/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10110

 IN SENATE

 April 30, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 providing for an
 adverse inference in disciplinary proceedings against testimony of
 correction officers who disable cameras

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 137 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 3 7. For the purposes of any disciplinary proceeding of an incarcerated
 4 individual in a correctional facility, there shall be an adverse infer-
 5 ence against the testimony of an officer or other employee of the
 6 department, where such officer or other employee violated department
 7 rules or regulations by turning off a facility camera or body-worn
 8 camera or otherwise prevented such camera or cameras from recording the
 9 incident which is the subject of such disciplinary proceeding.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 11 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13255-01-5

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