New York Senate Bill S09535

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 3/20/26
• Refer: 3/20/26

Caption

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to promulgate rules and regulations to establish and maintain a system for the preservation of data on tier one violations in correctional facilities.

Summary

This bill amends the New York Correction Law to require the Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision to adopt rules establishing and maintaining a system to preserve data on “tier one” violations in correctional facilities. The preserved data must be kept separately from an incarcerated individual’s institutional record. The bill also makes clear that creating this separate preservation system does not stop a correctional facility from removing a tier one violation from the individual’s institutional record. In effect, the measure distinguishes between internal disciplinary records used by facilities and a separate data archive for tracking these lower-level violations.

Impact

If enacted, the bill would add a new record-preservation requirement to section 112 of the Correction Law and direct DOCCS to create implementing regulations. It would affect correctional facilities and the records maintained for incarcerated individuals by requiring separate retention of tier one violation data while preserving facility discretion to remove such violations from an institutional record.

Sentiment

No committee transcripts or recorded votes were provided, so there is no direct evidence of debate or formal support/opposition in the available materials. Based on the bill text, the measure appears administrative and recordkeeping-focused rather than punitive, suggesting a limited and technical policy change rather than a highly contentious one.

Contention

The main policy issue is the balance between preserving disciplinary data for oversight or historical tracking and allowing correctional facilities to clear lower-level violations from an individual’s institutional record. Supporters would likely emphasize transparency, data retention, and consistency in recordkeeping, while any concern would likely come from those worried about privacy, the long-term use of disciplinary data, or administrative burden on facilities.