S 6419: Limits retaliation against incarcerated individuals following the filing of a grievance, by requiring more than the oral or written statement of the subject of a grievance filed by an incarcerated individual for the purposes of finding such incarcerated individual guilty at an evidentiary or disciplinary hearing for misbehavior.
What S 6419 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to prevent retaliation against incarcerated individuals who file grievances against correctional officers or other employees. It prohibits finding an individual guilty of a violation solely based on the oral or written statements of the officer or employee who filed the grievance. This protection applies to any officer or employee present at the incident being investigated. The measure takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6419
- What is the current status of S 6419?
- As of January 9, 2026, S 6419 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 CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION".
- Did S 6419 pass?
- Not yet. S 6419 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6419, and where is it now?
- S 6419 was authored by Sen. Luis Sepúlveda. Its committee of record is Senate Crime Victims, Crime & Correction. It is filed under COR, alongside 60 other New York COR bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION |
| Mar. 13, 2025 | REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 13, 2025 · 271 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6419 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 preventing retali- ation against incarcerated individuals following the filing of a grievance The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 137 of the correction law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. Where an incarcerated individual has filed a grievance against an 4 officer or other employee of the department, and such incarcerated indi- 5 vidual receives a misbehavior report within one hundred eighty days of 6 the filing of such grievance, at an evidentiary or disciplinary hearing 7 for such misbehavior report, such incarcerated individual shall not be 8 found to have committed a violation solely on the oral or written state- 9 ment of the officer or other employee of the department who is the 10 subject of the grievance filed by such incarcerated individual, or any 11 other such officer or other employee of the department who was present 12 at the incident which is the subject of such grievance. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 14 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10356-01-5
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