NY S03706 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly

New York Senate Bill 3706 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Pending: Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Creates the office of the correctional ombudsman to achieve transparency, fairness, impartiality and accountability in New York state correctional facilities; relates to reports by coroners; designates investigators of the office of the correctional ombudsman as peace officers; authorizes the attorney general to investigate the alleged commission of any criminal offense committed by an employee of the department of corrections and community supervision in connection with his or her official duties; relates to the confidentiality of certain records; and includes the office of the correctional ombudsman records within the definition of public safety agency records; makes related provisions.

Title

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-08	Senate	REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
2019-02-13	Senate	REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Same As/Similar To

A02552 (Same As) 2020-01-08 - referred to correction

New York State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3706
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S03706&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S03706