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 4-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-07 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07607 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S07607-Introduced.html
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 4-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-07 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07607 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S07607-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 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