Senate bill · S9535 (2025-26)
Provides for the preservation of records of certain violations in correctional facilities
New York State Senate
Same as A8739, the matching bill in the Assembly.
Summary
Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to promulgate rules and regulations to establish and maintain a system for the preservation of data on tier one violations in correctional facilities.
Summary from NY Open Legislation. How we handle summaries
Amends the Correction Law.
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Purpose, from the sponsor's memo
The purpose of this legislation is to reinforce accountability and tran- sparency while protecting the rights of incarcerated individuals to track Tier 1 violations in investigations of potential retaliation or discrimination in accordance with current legislation that requires these records to be removed from an incarcerated individuals' discipli- nary records.
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Where it stands
Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Up for a vote
- Passed one chamber
- Passed
- Enacted
Committee
Correction · New York State Assembly
Also referred to Crime Victims, Crime And Correction · New York State Senate.
The sponsor's argument
Why Cordell Cleare says this is needed
Individuals incarcerated in state prison can be written up for Tier 1 violations for trivial disciplinary matters. Tier I hearings may involve offenses such as Disorderly Conduct, creating a Disturbance, disobeying a Direct Order, or being Out of Place. Current DOCCS policy requires that records of Tier 1 violations be destroyed after 14 days so that an incarcerated individual's institu- tional record is not permanently tainted. However, a 2022 Inspector General Report on Racial Disparities in the Administration of Discipline in New York State Prisons recommended preserving Tier 1 data to evaluate potential racial discrimination in disciplinary enforcement. This legislation responds to those recommendations by requiring Tier 1 violations to be scanned and digitally preserved for oversight purposes while upholding the removal of these records from an individual's disci- plinary file after 14 days.
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 29, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
NY Senate
- May 28, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
- May 28, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
- Mar 20, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
NY Senate
- Mar 19, 2026
Amended
AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8739A
NY Assembly
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- Feb 26, 2026
Advanced to Third Reading CAL.276
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.276
NY Assembly
- Feb 25, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
- Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CORRECTION
NY Assembly
- Jun 2, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CORRECTION
NY Assembly