New York S 1043: Enacts the "prison privilege limitation act"

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

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 1043

Sponsors: James Tedisco, Robert Ortt

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Enacts the "prison privilege limitation act"; restricts prison privileges, including the wearing of civilian clothing, for certain incarcerated individuals.

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

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1043

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, ORTT -- 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 enacting the "prison
 privilege limitation act"

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "prison
 2 privilege limitation act".
 3 § 2. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 628 to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 628. Limitation of prison privileges for certain individuals. An
 6 individual in a state correctional facility, as defined by subdivision
 7 four of section two of this chapter, who has been convicted and is serv-
 8 ing a sentence pursuant to section 125.25, 125.26, 125.27, 130.30 and/or
 9 130.35 of the penal law, except for the purposes of receiving medical
 10 treatment pursuant to section five hundred eight of this chapter, shall
 11 not be left in the company of civilians without supervision of a
 12 correction officer or law enforcement officer. In no case shall such
 13 individual be granted the privilege of wearing civilian clothing.
 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02771-01-5

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