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NY S 1646

in committee

Requires certain employees of the New York state department of corrections and community supervision to wear body cameras

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 1646 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1646 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

What is NY S 1646 about?

Requires every parole officer and employee of the department of corrections and community supervision to wear body cameras with video and audio whenever they are interacting with a parolee; implements the use of cameras in every official office and room in the department.

Who sponsors NY S 1646?

Cordell Cleare is the primary sponsor of NY S 1646.

Description

Requires every parole officer and employee of the department of corrections and community supervision to wear body cameras with video and audio whenever they are interacting with a parolee; implements the use of cameras in every official office and room in the department.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Cordell Cleareprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-13

    REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9154not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1763not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1646?summary=&detail=

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