S05815 Summary:
| BILL NO | S05815 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | SEPULVEDA |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §135, Cor L | |
| Requires departmental security staff below the rank of captain who interact with the incarcerated population to wear a body camera while acting in the performance of their duties. | |
S05815 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5815 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 3, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring certain departmental security staff who interact with the incarcerated popu- lation to wear a body camera The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 135 2 to read as follows: 3 § 135. Body camera usage. The commissioner shall require all depart- 4 mental security staff below the rank of captain who interact with the 5 incarcerated population to wear a body camera while acting in the 6 performance of their duties. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 8 law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10394-01-5