Bill Text: NY S05170 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to confidential hearing records; authorizes attorney representing incarcerated individual in certain proceedings to obtain a copy of hearing record; prohibits redisclosure.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S05170 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S05170-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5170 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, PARKER -- 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 confidential hearing records The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 138 of the correction law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 3 8. An attorney representing an incarcerated individual in any appeal 4 of a disciplinary proceeding or in any lawsuit related to such a 5 proceeding shall be provided with a copy of the entire hearing record 6 but shall not redisclose such records or any information contained in 7 the records to any person not otherwise authorized by law to obtain 8 them. The name, identification number, housing location or work assign- 9 ment of any confidential informant may be redacted from such hearing 10 record. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01079-02-3
