S08492 Summary:
| BILL NO | S08492 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | STEC |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §112, Cor L | |
| Establishes a digital legal mail program for the delivery of privileged correspondences to incarcerated individuals housed at correctional facilities; requires law offices sending legal mail via digital platforms to incarcerated individuals to register with the department of corrections. | |
S08492 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8492 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE August 29, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to establishing a digital legal mail program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 112 of the correction law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. (a) The commissioner shall establish a digital legal mail program 4 for the delivery of all privileged correspondences received by incarcer- 5 ated individuals housed at correctional facilities. Such program shall 6 require all law offices to register with the department prior to receiv- 7 ing clearance to send legal mail via a digital platform to an incarcer- 8 ated individual. 9 (b) Legal mail shall be sent to a secure digital location managed by 10 the department. 11 (c) The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary 12 to implement the provisions of this subdivision, which shall comply with 13 all legal and constitutional protections afforded to incarcerated indi- 14 viduals in regard to privileged correspondences. 15 (d) The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for 16 instances where the digital transmission of legal mail is neither possi- 17 ble nor practical, while providing for all germane constitutional 18 protections. All legal mail that is not transmitted digitally shall be 19 screened prior to delivery to incarcerated individuals. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13684-01-5