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A 6090: Requires every police officer, peace officer and employee of a correctional facility to intervene in incidents of violence involving incarcerated individuals.
What A 6090 does, verified January 20, 2026
The proposed law aims to ensure the safety of both incarcerated individuals and law enforcement officers. It requires police officers, peace officers, and correctional facility employees to intervene in incidents involving violence between an incarcerated individual and another law enforcement officer or correctional facility employee. Failure to intervene in such incidents can result in a Class E felony charge. The law takes effect immediately, aiming to prevent violence, injuries, and death in correctional facilities.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to correction (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6090
- What is the current status of A 6090?
- As of January 20, 2026, A 6090 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 correction".
- Did A 6090 pass?
- Not yet. A 6090 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6090, and where is it now?
- A 6090 was authored by Asm. Jordan Wright with 5 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Correction.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to correction |
| Feb. 26, 2025 | referred to correction |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 26, 2025 · 286 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6090 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 26, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring intervention in incidents involving incarcerated individuals The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-y 2 to read as follows: 3 § 837-y. Duty to intervene; violence involving incarcerated individ- 4 uals. 1. For the purposes of this section: 5 (a) "police officer" means a person designated as such in subdivision 6 thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law. 7 (b) "peace officer" means a person listed in section 2.10 of the crim- 8 inal procedure law. 9 2. Every police officer, peace officer and employee of a correctional 10 facility, as defined in section two of the correction law, shall be 11 required to intervene when they witness any incident of violence involv- 12 ing an incarcerated individual and another police officer, peace officer 13 or employee of a correctional facility, to stop such incident in a 14 manner conducive to keeping the peace and preventing violence, injuries 15 and/or death. 16 3. Any police officer, peace officer or employee of a correctional 17 facility who fails to intervene in violation of this section shall be 18 guilty of a class E felony. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03519-01-5
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