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Read. Follow. Verify.New York bill restricts correctional employees with recent disciplinary actions from high-risk assignments
Last action · July 29, 2026: REFERRED TO CORRECTIONSponsor: Yudelka Tapia
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What This Bill Would Do
New York legislation bars correctional security employees undergoing disciplinary evaluation or returning from disciplinary action from serving in high-risk assignments, effective 120 days after becoming law. The measure requires the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to review existing assignments within 90 days, notify affected workers in writing, and establish formal criteria for restoring eligibility.
Correctional officers and staff with recent misconduct records face reassignment away from sensitive posts like s and emergency response teams, while the department must review all current assignments within 90 days.
- The New York State Assembly considers legislation proposed by members during legislative sessions, with bills referred to appropriate committees such as the Committee on Correction. context
- Independent reviews of state correctional systems often evaluate staff disciplinary tracking, use of force reporting, and assignment policies for sensitive housing units. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Correctional security employees
Correctional officers and supervisors facing disciplinary action or evaluation periods are restricted from bidding on or holding high-risk assignments.
Incarcerated individuals
Incarcerated individuals experience changes in facility staffing and supervision as staff with recent misconduct records are removed from sensitive units.
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
The department must review current assignments within 90 days, issue written notices for restrictions, and establish new eligibility review procedures.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Jul 29, 2026HouseCommitteeREFERRED TO CORRECTION
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Establishment of Statewide Assignment Limits
The bill shifts from discretionary agency handling of post-discipline assignments to mandatory minimum statewide restrictions that override collective bargaining agreements.
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Sources
www.nysenate.gov
Analysis Score
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- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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