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S 7505: Relates to the promulgation of rules and regulations establishing minimum standards for the construction or improvement of correctional facilities and the care, custody, correction, treatment, supervision, discipline, and other correctional programs for all persons confined in such facilities; allows counties flexibility in establishing minimum staffing ratios.
What S 7505 does, verified January 11, 2026
Relates to the promulgation of rules and regulations establishing minimum standards for the construction or improvement of correctional facilities and the care, custody, correction, treatment, supervision, discipline, and other correctional programs for all persons confined in such facilities; allows counties flexibility in establishing minimum staffing ratios.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7505
- What is the current status of S 7505?
- As of January 11, 2026, S 7505 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 7505 pass?
- Not yet. S 7505 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 7505, and where is it now?
- S 7505 was authored by Sen. Cordell Cleare. Its committee of record is Senate Crime Victims, Crime & Correction.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION |
| Apr. 21, 2025 | REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 21, 2025 · 283 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7505 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 the minimum standards for the construction or improvement of correctional facilities and the care, custody, correction, treatment, supervision, discipline, and other correctional programs for all persons confined in such facili- ties The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 45 of the correction law, as 2 amended by section 7 of part Q of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 6. Promulgate rules and regulations in coordination with local jail 5 administrators, county chief elected or appointed official and county 6 sheriffs establishing minimum standards for the review of the 7 construction or improvement of correctional facilities and the care, 8 custody, correction, treatment, supervision, discipline, and other 9 correctional programs for all persons confined in correctional facili- 10 ties. Such rules and regulations shall allow counties the flexibility in 11 establishing minimum staffing ratios and such rules and regulations 12 shall be forwarded to the governor, the temporary president of the 13 senate and the speaker of the assembly no later than January first, 14 nineteen hundred seventy-six and annually thereafter. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11714-01-5
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