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S 1959: Requires legislative approval for the closure of correctional facilities and institutions.
What S 1959 does, verified January 22, 2026
The proposed law requires the department to submit a written report to the legislature at least 365 days prior to closing any correctional facility or institution. The report must include justification for the proposed closure. If the legislature finds that the closure is not justified, it will not occur until approved by a majority vote of both houses. The law also allows for the invalidation of specific clauses or parts of the law if they are deemed unconstitutional, without affecting the rest of the law. The law takes effect 30 days after it becomes a law, and allows for the immediate implementation of necessary rules and regulations.
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Last action: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION |
| Jan. 14, 2025 | REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 14, 2025 · 377 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1959 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, BORRELLO, GALLIVAN, HELMING, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring legislative approval for the closure of correctional facilities and institutions 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 30 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 30. Closure of correctional facilities. The department shall submit 4 a written report to the legislature at least three hundred sixty-five 5 days prior to the date the department is seeking closure of any correc- 6 tional facility or institution. Such report shall include justification 7 for the proposed closure. The legislature may require any additional 8 information or data that it deems necessary in such report. If the 9 legislature, or the appropriate committees thereof, upon review of the 10 report submitted to it by the department, finds that the proposed 11 closure is not justified then closure shall not occur until approved by 12 a majority vote of each house of the legislature. 13 § 2. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part 14 of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to 15 be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the 16 remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, 17 sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the 18 controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. 19 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 20 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 21 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 22 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 23 on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05384-01-5
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