New York S 764: Relates to the commissioner of corrections and community supervision's heat mitigation plan for correctional facilities

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S00764 Summary:

BILL NOS00764 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01676

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §112, Cor L (as proposed in S.7781-A & A.9169-A)

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Relates to the commissioner of corrections and community supervision's heat mitigation plan for correctional facilities; provides findings regarding permanent cooling solutions shall be included.

Go to top S00764 Actions:

BILL NOS00764 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.38

02/04/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A1676

&nbspA01676 AMEND= Burdick

&nbsp01/10/2025referred to correction

&nbsp01/22/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/22/2025reported 

&nbsp01/22/2025rules report cal.54

&nbsp01/22/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.54

&nbsp01/28/2025passed assembly

&nbsp01/28/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp01/28/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp02/04/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S764

&nbsp02/04/20253RD READING CAL.38

&nbsp02/04/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/04/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/12/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp02/14/2025signed chap.63

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 764

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the commissioner of
 corrections and community supervision's heat mitigation plan for
 correctional facilities

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 112 of the correction law, as
 2 added by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the correction law
 3 relating to establishing an annual heat mitigation plan; and directing
 4 the extreme heat action plan work group of the department of environ-
 5 mental conservation to analyze the impact of extreme heat on incarcerat-
 6 ed individuals and people working in prisons, as proposed in legislative
 7 bills numbers S. 7781-A and A. 9169-A, is amended to read as follows:
 8 6. (a) The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to
 9 establish and maintain an annual heat mitigation plan to ensure incar-
 10 cerated individuals and correctional facility staff have options avail-
 11 able to stay cool, hydrated and safe during high heat temperatures. Such
 12 plan shall include, to the extent possible:
 13 (i) access to industrial fans, water, ice, and additional access to
 14 showers;
 15 (ii) commissaries fully stocked with personal fans prior to the begin-
 16 ning of summer;
 17 (iii) monitoring temperatures in housing, program and industry areas;
 18 (iv) maintaining a list of incarcerated individuals and correctional
 19 facility staff [with] who have medical conditions that make them more
 20 susceptible to heat and monitor their well-being;
 21 (v) increased rounds and wellness checks; and
 22 (vi) providing shade on exercise yards if consistent with the facili-
 23 ty's safety and security protocols.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02905-01-5

 S. 764 2

 1 (b) The commissioner, as part of such heat mitigation plan, shall
 2 [develop a timeline to establish] evaluate the financial and operational
 3 feasibility of establishing cooling stations [and provide evaporative
 4 fans to] and a permanent sustainable cooling solution at each facility,
 5 provided that upon a determination or finding that a permanent sustaina-
 6 ble cooling solution is feasible in each facility, the commissioner
 7 shall develop a timeline to implement the findings of such evaluation.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
 9 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the correction law
 10 relating to establishing an annual heat mitigation plan; and directing
 11 the extreme heat action plan work group of the department of environ-
 12 mental conservation to analyze the impact of extreme heat on incarcerat-