Bill Text: NY S07607 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the publication of notice within twenty-four hours of the death of an incarcerated individual or any other individual occurring in the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision by department press release by posting on the department's public website.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-13 - AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 7607B [S07607 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7607

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      July 19, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- 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 notifying  the  press
          and  public  of  the  death of an incarcerated individual or any other
          individual occurring in an institution operated by the  department  of
          corrections and community supervision

          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 17 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 17. Notice of death in a correctional facility.  Within  twenty-four
     4  hours of the death of an incarcerated individual or any other individual
     5  occurring  in  an institution operated by the department, the department
     6  shall notify the press and the public of such death by department  press
     7  release and by posting on the department's public website.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11798-01-3