A 9516 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts into law components of legislation necessary to implement changes to the omnibus bill of 2025 related to correctional services

Summary
Requires the timely disclosure of video footage or audio recordings related to the death of incarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers to the attorney general's office of special investigations (Part A); relates to establishing comprehensive camera coverage for covered facilities and covered vehicles; repeals certain provisions of the correction law relating to requiring institutions and local correctional facilities to adhere to certain standards regarding the camera coverage of incarcerated individuals and detainees, and access to such camera recordings (Part B); clarifies standards for next of kin notifications where an incarcerated individual dies in custody (Part C); relates to the time within which the state commission of correction shall issue a report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly of the findings of a study on deaths in state correctional facilities within the state of New York (Part D); provides access to microscopic slides upon request for certain autopsies (Part E); intentionally omitted (Part F); relates to data on substantiated, unfounded, and unsubstantiated allegations received by the office of special investigations required to be collected and reported by the commissioner of corrections and community supervision (Part G); relates to the state commission of correction; provides for the manner of confirmation of such members; relates to the effectiveness of such provisions (Part H); authorizes the correctional association to visit correctional facilities with twenty-four hours advance notice and grants the correctional association access to certain records and information of correctional facilities (Part I); provides that with respect to state action brought by anyone to recover damages for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition suffered while in state custody, the time in which such action must commence shall be extended to two years after such person is released from such custody (Part J).
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Jan 2026
Assembly Passage
Jan 2026
Senate Passage
Jan 2026
Signed into Law
Feb 2026
Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Signed Feb 13, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2026 · Assembly Jan 28, 2026

How they voted

3722
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 61
Jan 28, 2026
D Democratic39
37 Yea 2
94% Yea
R Republican22
22 Nay
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Feb 13, 2026
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.36
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CORRECTION
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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