A 6881: Requires incarcerated individual sexual harassment complaints made against department employees to be investigated by the attorney general; makes the findings and recommendations of the attorney general final and binding on the part of the department.
What A 6881 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the existing law to improve the investigation of sexual harassment complaints made by incarcerated individuals. The Attorney General will be responsible for investigating any grievance made by an individual in custody alleging sexual harassment by a department employee. The findings and recommendations of the Attorney General will be final, and the department will take necessary actions to implement them. The changes will take effect 108 days after the bill becomes a law.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to correction (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6881
- What is the current status of A 6881?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 6881 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 6881 pass?
- Not yet. A 6881 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6881, and where is it now?
- A 6881 was authored by Asm. James Pretlow. Its committee of record is Assembly Correction. It is filed under COR, alongside 60 other New York COR bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to correction |
| Mar. 18, 2025 | referred to correction |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 18, 2025 · 215 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6881 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the investigation of sexual harassment complaints made by incarcerated individuals The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 139 of the correction law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule to the contrary, 4 any grievance made by an individual in the custody of the department 5 alleging sexual harassment by an employee of the department shall be 6 investigated by the attorney general. The findings and recommendations 7 of the attorney general shall be final and the department shall take the 8 necessary and required actions to implement such findings and recommen- 9 dations. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 11 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10538-01-5
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