New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11671: Enacts the drug and special watch due process act
Status: In committee, September 2, 2026
Establishes standards and procedures governing drug and special watches and temporary isolation based upon suspected ingestion or internal concealment of contraband.
What the bill says
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to enacting the "drug and special watch due process act".
From the introduced text, September 2, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to enacting the "drug and special watch due process act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "drug and special watch due process act". § 2. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 137-a to read as follows: § 137-A. DRUG AND SPECIAL WATCHES. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "DRUG OR SPECIAL WATCH" MEANS ANY PLACEMENT, DETENTION, CONFINEMENT, OBSERVATION, TEMPORARY ISOLATION, DRY CELL PLACEMENT, OR SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR RESTRICTION IMPOSED UPON AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL BASED UPON A BELIEF THAT SUCH INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL HAS INGESTED CONTRABAND OR IS CARRYING OR CONCEALING CONTRABAND WITHIN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT OR RECTUM, REGARDLESS OF THE TERMINOLOGY USED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO DESCRIBE SUCH PLACEMENT. (B) "NON-INVASIVE INTERNAL CONTRABAND DETECTION TECHNOLOGY" MEANS A BODY SCANNER, RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING DEVICE, OR OTHER NON-INVASIVE TECHNOLOGY, APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH FOR USE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THAT IS CAPABLE OF DETECTING, IMAGING, OR OTHERWISE INDICATING THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A FOREIGN OBJECT OR CONTRABAND WITHIN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT OR RECTUM. (C) "SCAN" MEANS AN EXAMINATION CONDUCTED THROUGH THE USE …
Sponsors
- Yudelka Tapia (D, 86) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : REFERRED TO CORRECTION
Subjects: Correction Law
Common questions
- What is A11671?
- A11671 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Enacts the drug and special watch due process act.
- What does A11671 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to enacting the "drug and special watch due process act".
- What is the status of A11671?
- In committee as of September 2, 2026. Latest action: REFERRED TO CORRECTION (September 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11671?
- Yudelka Tapia (D, 86).
- Where is the official record for A11671?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11671
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