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A07014 Summary:

BILL NOA07014 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07312

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SPONSORTapia

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COSPNSRGallagher, Gonzalez-Rojas, Lunsford, Santabarbara, Levenberg, Reyes, Forrest, Torres

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §500-q, Cor L

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Requires institutions and local correctional facilities to adhere to certain standards regarding the surveillance of incarcerated individuals and detainees, and access to such surveillance recordings.

Go to top A07014 Actions:

BILL NOA07014 

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03/18/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7014

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring insti-
 tutions and local correctional facilities to adhere to certain
 surveillance, recording and investigation standards

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

 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 500-q
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 500-q. Surveillance, recording, and investigations. 1. Definitions.
 4 For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the
 5 following meanings:
 6 (a) "Covered facility" means an institution or local correctional
 7 facility.
 8 (b) "Recording request" means a formal request for access to surveil-
 9 lance camera footage made by legal representatives, prosecutors, defend-
 10 ants, or their counsel, relevant to any investigation or legal proceed-
 11 ing involving a covered facility.
 12 2. Comprehensive camera coverage. (a) All covered facilities in the
 13 state shall be required to install, operate, and maintain surveillance
 14 cameras sufficient to capture the activities and movement of all persons
 15 within each such covered facilities, with the exception of the interior
 16 of cells, showers, and toilet areas and areas being used exclusively to
 17 provide medical treatment to individuals in private settings. For each
 18 area in which there is not fixed camera coverage of the interior of such
 19 area, cameras shall be installed, operated, and maintained which capture
 20 the ingress and egress of such areas.
 21 (b) Surveillance cameras installed in covered facilities shall capture
 22 both audio and visual evidence.
 23 (c) Each covered facility shall ensure that all surveillance footage
 24 captures clear visual evidence of activities within such covered facili-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10680-01-5

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 1 ty. Each covered facility shall perform regular assessments and improve-
 2 ments to camera placement and functionality to ensure complete coverage.
 3 If at any time, a covered facility becomes aware of any non-functioning
 4 cameras, any areas which are not fully covered by cameras, or any other
 5 barrier to reviewing all relevant video footage of any area, such issues
 6 shall be documented, investigated and actions shall be taken to remedy
 7 the problems that led to incomplete camera coverage or unavailable
 8 camera footage.
 9 (d) Fixed surveillance cameras in covered facilities shall operate
 10 continuously for twenty-four hours a day.
 11 3. Comprehensive body worn camera usage. (a) All staff of covered
 12 facilities shall wear body worn cameras during the entirety of each
 13 shift in any location where, and at any time when, incarcerated people
 14 are permitted to be or are present. Such body worn cameras shall capture
 15 both video and audio.
 16 (b) Covered facility staff shall document use of body worn cameras in
 17 activity logs and access the video management system to identify any
 18 unusual activity, including all uses of force, that occurred during each
 19 shift. Any time when a body worn camera was turned off, and the reason,
 20 shall be identified in such log and in the video management system.
 21 (c) Covered facility staff shall upload videos by inserting the body
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