New York S 1892: Expands who may visit local correctional facilities

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 
S01892 Summary:

BILL NOS01892B

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS A02119-A

&nbsp

SPONSORJACKSON

&nbsp

COSPNSRCLEARE, WEBB

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §500-j, Cor L

&nbsp

Expands who may visit local correctional facilities to include persons and accompanying staff of the chief executive officer of a county, members of a county legislative body, mayor of the city of New York, New York city public advocate, New York city comptroller, and members of the New York city council.

Go to top S01892 Actions:

BILL NOS01892B

&nbsp

01/14/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

02/04/20251ST REPORT CAL.260

02/05/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/24/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1892A

04/01/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1892B

05/19/2025PASSED SENATE

05/19/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/19/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

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

02/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.288

02/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/09/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/24/2026PASSED SENATE

02/24/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/24/2026referred to correction

Go to topS01892 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS01892 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topS01892 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1892--B
 Cal. No. 260

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,
 Crime and Correction -- reported favorably from said committee,
 ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading,
 amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of
 third reading -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its
 place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to who may visit local
 correctional facilities

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

 1 Section 1. Section 500-j of the correction law, as amended by chapter
 2 291 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 500-j. Who may visit local correctional facilities. 1. The follow-
 4 ing persons and their accompanying staff may visit, at their pleasure,
 5 all local correctional facilities: The governor [and], lieutenant-gover-
 6 nor, secretary of state, comptroller [and], attorney-general, members of
 7 the legislature, judges of the court of appeals, justices of the supreme
 8 court [and], county judges, and district attorneys [and every].
 9 2. The following persons and their accompanying staff may visit, at
 10 their pleasure, the local correctional facilities located in the county
 11 or city of their jurisdiction: the chief executive officer of a county,
 12 members of a county legislative body, mayor of the city of New York, New
 13 York city public advocate, New York city comptroller, and members of the
 14 New York city council.
 15 3. Every clergyman or minister, as such terms are defined in section
 16 two of the religious corporations law, [having] may visit, at their
 17 pleasure, the local correctional facilities located in the county or
 18 city of which they have charge of a congregation [in the county in which
 19 such facility is located].

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05549-05-5

 S. 1892--B 2

 1 4. No other person not otherwise authorized by law shall be permitted
 2 to enter the rooms of a local correctional facility in which convicts
 3 are confined, unless under such regulations as the sheriff of the coun-
 4 ty, or in counties within the city of New York, the commissioner of
 5 correction of such city, or in the county of Westchester, the commis-
 6 sioner of correction of such county shall prescribe.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps