A 9072: 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.
What A 9072 does, verified May 20, 2026
The proposed law aims to establish a digital legal mail program for incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities. The program requires all law offices to register with the department before sending legal mail via a digital platform. Legal mail will be delivered to a secure digital location managed by the department. The department will promulgate rules and regulations to implement the program, ensuring constitutional protections for incarcerated individuals. In cases where digital transmission is not possible, the department will screen and deliver non-digital legal mail. The law will take effect immediately.
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Last action: held for consideration in correction (2026-05-19)Alert me
Quick answers about A 9072
- What is the current status of A 9072?
- As of May 20, 2026, A 9072 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on May 19, 2026, was "held for consideration in correction".
- Did A 9072 pass?
- Not yet. A 9072 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 9072, and where is it now?
- A 9072 was authored by Asm. Scott Gray with 3 coauthors. It is filed under COR, alongside 60 other New York COR bills this session.
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| May. 19, 2026 | held for consideration in correction |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to correction |
| Sep. 05, 2025 | referred to correction |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, September 5, 2025 · 293 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9072 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY September 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction 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
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