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A 5190: Requires that correction officers employed in correctional facilities be identified by badge number only.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 10, 2026

What A 5190 does, verified January 10, 2026

The proposed law aims to change the way correction officers are identified in correctional facilities. Correction officers will no longer be required to wear or display a tag with their name, but instead, their badge number will be displayed. This change will take effect 60 days after the law becomes a part of the state's correction law.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5190
What is the current status of A 5190?
As of January 10, 2026, A 5190 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to ways and means".
Did A 5190 pass?
Not yet. A 5190 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote A 5190, and where is it now?
A 5190 was authored by Asm. John Lemondes with 4 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Ways & Means.
Recent actions4 total · showing 4
Jan. 07, 2026referred to ways and means
Jun. 12, 2025held for consideration in ways and means
Jun. 11, 2025reference changed to ways and means
Feb. 12, 2025referred to correction
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 12, 2025 · 188 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5190 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the identification of correction officers 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 22-b 2 to read as follows: 3 § 22-b. Identification of correction officers. No correction officer 4 employed in a correctional facility shall be required to wear or display 5 a tag displaying the correction officer's name, in whole or in part. 6 Correction officers employed in such facilities shall be identified by a 7 tag or other display of the officer's badge number only. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 9 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08662-01-5 
Text of A 5190 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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