New York S 4160: Provides voice communication service to incarcerated people at no cost; repealer

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S04160 Summary:

BILL NOS04160 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10646

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSRBROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, RIVERA,
 SALAZAR, STAVISKY

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld & add §623, Cor L

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Relates to providing voice communication services to incarcerated individuals in state correctional facilities at no cost.

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BILL NOS04160 

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

02/25/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4160

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ,
 GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, RIVERA, SALAZAR, STAVISKY
 -- 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 voice
 communication services to incarcerated individuals at no cost; and to
 repeal section 623 of the correction law related thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Section 623 of the correction law is REPEALED and a new
 2 section 623 is added to read as follows:
 3 § 623. Communication with people confined to correctional facilities.
 4 1. State agencies charged with the operation and management of state
 5 prisons and youth residential placements or detention centers shall
 6 provide persons in their custody and confined in a correctional or
 7 detention facility with voice communication service. Such state agencies
 8 may supplement voice communication service with other communication
 9 services, including, but not limited to, video communication and elec-
 10 tronic mail or messaging services. To the extent that such voice commu-
 11 nication service or any other communication service is provided, which
 12 shall not be limited beyond program participation and routine facility
 13 procedures, each such service shall be provided free of charge to the
 14 person initiating and the person receiving the communication.
 15 2. No state agency shall receive revenue from the provision of voice
 16 communication services or any other communication services to any person
 17 confined in a state correctional facility or youth residential placement
 18 or detention center.
 19 3. State agencies charged with the operation and management of state
 20 prisons and youth residential placements or detention centers shall
 21 maintain in-person visits for persons in their custody and confined in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04335-01-5

 S. 4160 2

 1 their facilities. Communications services shall not be used to replace
 2 any in-person visit program.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2026 and shall apply to any
 4 new or renewal contract for voice communication services for incarcerat-
 5 ed individuals or other advanced communication services entered into on
 6 or after such date and provided further that any new or renewal contract
 7 for voice communication services for incarcerated individuals or other
 8 advanced communication services entered into prior to April 1, 2026
 9 shall not run past March 31, 2026.

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