New York Assembly Bill 9939 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Engrossed on June 15 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-06-15 - REFERRED TO RULES
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the office of the correctional ombudsman to achieve transparency, fairness, impartiality and accountability in New York state correctional facilities; relates to reports by coroners; designates investigators of the office of the correctional ombudsman as peace officers; authorizes the attorney general to investigate the alleged commission of any criminal offense committed by an employee of the department of corrections and community supervision in connection with his or her official duties; relates to the confidentiality of certain records; and includes the office of the correctional ombudsman records within the definition of public safety agency records; makes related provisions.

Creates the office of the correctional ombudsman to achieve transparency, fairness, impartiality and accountability in New York state correctional facilities; relates to reports by coroners; designates investigators of the office of the correctional ombudsman as peace officers; authorizes the attorney general to investigate the alleged commission of any criminal offense committed by an employee of the department of corrections and community supervision in connection with his or her official duties; relates to the confidentiality of certain records; and includes the office of the correctional ombudsman records within the definition of public safety agency records; makes related provisions.

Asm. Daniel O'Donnell [D]	Asm. Michael Benedetto [D]	Asm. Nily Rozic [D]	Asm. Ellen Jaffee [D]
Asm. Felix Ortiz [D]	Asm. Charles Lavine [D]	Asm. Annette Robinson [D]	Asm. Kevin Cahill [D]
Asm. Walter Mosley [D]	Asm. Guillermo Linares [D]	Asm. Thomas Abinanti [D]	Sen. Luis Sepulveda [D]
Asm. Latrice Walker [D]	Asm. Frank Skartados [D]	Asm. Michael Blake [D]	Asm. Alice Cancel [D]
Asm. Deborah Glick [D]	Asm. Catherine Nolan [D]	Asm. Jo Simon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-06-15	Senate	REFERRED TO RULES
2016-06-15	Assembly	delivered to senate
2016-06-15	Assembly	passed assembly
2016-06-14	Assembly	ordered to third reading rules cal.360
2016-06-14	Assembly	rules report cal.360
2016-06-14	Assembly	reported
2016-06-14	Assembly	reported referred to rules
2016-05-17	Assembly	reported referred to ways and means
2016-05-10	Assembly	reported referred to codes
2016-04-29	Assembly	referred to correction

S08059 (Same As) 2016-06-08 - REFERRED TO RULES

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A09939&term=2015&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A09939&term=2015&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A09939