Vote: Committee vote · Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And CorrectionMay 5, 2026Result: failed
(2) (5) (0) (0)
Sponsor · State Senator, District 45 · Republican/Conservative/Independence
Senate bill · S2656 (2025-26)
Relates to segregated confinement; repealer
Latest action May 5, 2026
Summary
Relates to segregated confinement; provides that certain incarcerated individuals shall not be placed in a residential rehabilitation unit; makes related provisions.
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Where it stands
Assigned to a committee for review.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Up for a vote
- Passed one chamber
- Passed
- Enacted
New York State Senate
Same as A3217, the matching bill in the Assembly.
Amends the Correction Law.
Committee
Correction · New York State Assembly
Also referred to Crime Victims, Crime And Correction · New York State Senate.
Purpose, from the sponsor's memo
To repeal the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement (HALT) Act enacted in Chapter 93 of the Laws of 2021 and subsequent amendments.
Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)
Recorded votes
Vote: Committee vote · Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And CorrectionMay 13, 2025Result: failed
(2) (5) (0) (0)
Cosponsors
Alexis Weik, Andrea Bailey and 45 more on Agora
- Republican47
- Alexis Weik
- Andrea Bailey
- Andrew Molitor
- Angelo J. Morinello
- Anthony H. Palumbo
- Brian D. Miller
- Brian Maher
- Brian Manktelow
- Chris Tague
- Christopher Friend
- David DiPietro
- David McDonough
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- Dean Murray
- Edward Ra
- George Borrello
- James Tedisco
- Jerett Gandolfo
- Jodi Giglio
- Joe Angelino
- Joe DeStefano
- John K. Mikulin
- Joseph A. Griffo
- Joseph Sempolinski
- Josh Jensen
- Karl Brabenec
- Keith Brown
- Kenneth Blankenbush
- Mario Mattera
- Mark Walczyk
- Matthew Slater
- Michael Durso
- Pamela Helming
- Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
- Patrick Chludzinski
- Patrick M. Gallivan
- Paula Bologna
- Peter Oberacker
- Philip Palmesano
- Robert Ortt
- Robert Rolison
- Robert Smullen
- Scott H. Bendett
- Stephen Hawley
- Steve Rhoads
- Thomas F. O'Mara
- William A. Barclay
- William Weber
The sponsor's argument
Why Dan Stec says this is needed
New York prisons are experiencing an unprecedented level of violence threatening the well-being and safety of staff and incarcerated individ- uals. From 2011 to 2021, assaults on incarcerated individuals increased by 66 percent, while assaults on staff increased by 109 percent. In response to the out-of-control violence among the prison population, Acting Commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), Anthony Annucci sent a memorandum to all inmates within the state prison system addressing the "sheer savagery of the assault, the randomness of the assault, and the lack of precipitating event before the assault." As violence within our jails and prisons continue to rise, and our incarcerated population and the dedicated staff that work in our jails in prisons are at constantly increasing risk of attack and injury, the HALT Act, which went into effect on March 31, 2022, has severely restricted the ability to use segregated confinement for prisoners that break the rules and engage in violent behavior. This is one of the most crucial tools that correctional facilities have to keep people safe, and in a time when our correctional facilities have never been more danger- ous, hindering the ability to remove violent inmates from the prison population is reckless and will only increase this crisis. This bill would repeal the HALT Act and restore the tools necessary to keep our incarcerated population and the staff safe and finally put an end to the epidemic of violence within our correctional facilities.
This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.
Full history
- May 5, 2026
Defeated in Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
DEFEATED IN CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
NY Senate
- Mar 6, 2026
In committee
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
NY Senate
- Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CORRECTION
NY Assembly
- Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
NY Senate
- May 13, 2025
Defeated in Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
DEFEATED IN CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
NY Senate
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- Apr 2, 2025
Held for Consideration in Correction
HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CORRECTION
NY Assembly
- Mar 14, 2025
In committee
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
NY Senate
- Jan 23, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CORRECTION
NY Assembly
- Jan 22, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
NY Senate
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