New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11641: Restricts certain correctional security employees from high-risk assignments following disciplinary action or during a disciplinary evaluation period
Status: In committee, July 29, 2026
Restricts certain correctional security employees from high-risk assignments following disciplinary action or during a disciplinary evaluation period; provides for restoration of eligibility following completion of a disciplinary evaluation period or other period of assignment restriction; directs the department to notify restricted employees; makes related provisions.
What the bill says
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to restricting certain correctional security employees from high-risk assignments following disciplinary action or during a disciplinary evaluation period.
From the introduced text, July 29, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to restricting certain correctional security employees from high-risk assignments following disciplinary action or during a disciplinary evaluation period THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. 1. The legislature hereby finds and declares that correctional emergency response team deployments and other high-risk security assignments involve heightened authority, responsibility, and direct contact with incarcerated individuals under circumstances in which the risk of physical force, injury, retaliation, or abuse may be elevated. 2. An independent review of the department of corrections and community supervision found that existing disciplinary measures have not always adequately prevented employees with prior misconduct from subsequently being placed in sensitive or high-risk assignments. The review recommended that security staff returning following disciplinary action, or serving a disciplinary evaluation period, be restricted from correctional emergency response team deployments and other high-risk assignments for a period proportionate to the severity of the underlying misconduct. The review identified special housing, emergency response, strip searches, planned uses of force, transportation, and housing-unit assignments as examples of high-risk assignments and concluded that implementation may require a legislative change or changes to applicable collective bargaining agreements. 3. The legislature further finds that restrictions on assignment eligibility are necessary to protect …
Sponsors
- Yudelka Tapia (D, 86) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Subjects: Correction Law
Common questions
- What is A11641?
- A11641 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Restricts certain correctional security employees from high-risk assignments following disciplinary action or during a disciplinary evaluation period.
- What does A11641 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to restricting certain correctional security employees from high-risk assignments following disciplinary action or during a disciplinary evaluation period.
- What is the status of A11641?
- In committee as of July 29, 2026. Latest action: REFERRED TO CORRECTION (July 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11641?
- Yudelka Tapia (D, 86).
- Where is the official record for A11641?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11641
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