A 2119 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Expands who may visit local correctional facilities

Summary

Expands who may visit local correctional facilities to include persons and accompanying staff of the chief executive officer of a county, members of a county legislative body, mayor of the city of New York, New York city public advocate, New York city comptroller, and members of the New York city council.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

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Governor

Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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A2119 → A2119A · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill amends the Correction Law to restructure who is permitted to visit local correctional facilities. It replaces a single long list of visitors with a new three-part structure that clarifies visitation rights for state officials, local elected officials, and clergy. The changes also update the list of eligible visitors to include the New York City Public Advocate and the County Chief Executive Officer, while removing specific conditions regarding accompanying staff requests.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of visitation eligibility by explicitly adding the New York City Public Advocate and County Chief Executive Officer to the list of authorized visitors, while clarifying the jurisdictional rules for clergy.

ELIGIBILITY

Replaced a single paragraph listing visitors with a new three-part structure to organize state officials, local elected officials, and clergy separately.

Added the New York City Public Advocate and County Chief Executive Officer to the list of authorized visitors.

Removed the requirement that legislative staff must be requested to accompany members of the legislature or county legislative bodies.

Removed the specific condition that clergy must have charge of a congregation in the county where the facility is located.

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 2119A

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CORRECTION

lower

Jan 15, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO CORRECTION

lower

1 primary · 36 co-sponsors