New York S 8172: Prohibits the obscuring of body-worn or stationary cameras in correctional institutions

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S08172 Summary:

BILL NOS08172B

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SAME ASSAME AS A08249-C

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §127, Cor L

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Prohibits employees of the department of corrections and community supervision or a correctional facility from willfully obstructing, blocking or otherwise obscuring a body-worn or stationary camera from recording activities within a correctional facility for the purpose of hindering an existing or potential investigation, concealing a crime or criminal activity, or concealing otherwise unlawful behavior.

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BILL NOS08172B

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05/19/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

06/02/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

06/02/2025PRINT NUMBER 8172A

06/04/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

06/04/2025PRINT NUMBER 8172B

06/11/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/11/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1855

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8172--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
 Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged,
 bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to prohibiting the
 obscuring of body-worn or stationary cameras in correctional insti-
 tutions

 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 127
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 127. Obscuring body-worn or stationary cameras. No employee of the
 4 department or a local correctional facility shall willfully obstruct,
 5 block or otherwise obscure a body-worn or stationary camera from record-
 6 ing within a correctional facility for the purpose of hindering an
 7 existing or potential investigation, concealing a crime or criminal
 8 activity, or concealing otherwise unlawful behavior. An employee who
 9 violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemea-
 10 nor.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 12 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11737-09-5

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