What's happening
This bill extends the law allowing local jails to hold out-of-state inmates until 2029.
Why it matters
Directly affects county and city governments. in New York that operate local jails, allowing them to continue contracting with other states to house out-of-state inmates, which can provide a significant source of revenue or help manage local jail populations.
Impacts local jail staff, incarcerated individuals, and communities. by potentially increasing the number of non-New York inmates in local facilities, which can influence jail operations, inmate services, and even conditions or crowding within these institutions.
Represents a continuation, not a policy change, but delays a possible shift in correctional policy. until 2029; this extension means any debate or reconsideration about the practice—including concerns around oversight, costs, or the role of local jails in interstate corrections—will be postponed for three more years.
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Who cares
County and Local Correctional Facilities
These institutions directly manage out-of-state inmates and will be affected by the extension of their ability to board such individuals until 2029.
Local Governments and Taxpayers
Counties may receive financial compensation for housing out-of-state inmates, impacting local budgets and fiscal planning.
Out-of-State Correctional Agencies
States or jurisdictions looking to board inmates in New York facilities will continue to have this option available for three more years.
Advocacy and Oversight Organizations
Groups concerned with prisoner rights, facility conditions, or criminal justice policy will be interested in the continued practice and its oversight.
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Extend Out-of-State Inmate Boarding
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Sponsors
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History
- Signed chap.279
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- 3rd reading cal.1519
- Substituted for S10538
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.169
- Rules report cal.169
- Reported
Show 2 earlier actions
- Reported referred to rules
- Referred to correction
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Extend Out-of-State Inmate Boarding
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Julia Salazar
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
11439
IN ASSEMBLY
May 15, 2026
Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Burdick) -read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
AN ACT to amend chapter 573 of the laws of 2011, amending the correction law relating to the boarding of out of state inmates at local correctional facilities, in relation to extending the expiration of the provisions thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 573 of the laws of 2011, amending the correction law relating to the boarding of out of state inmates at local correctional facilities, as amended by chapter 302 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire September 1, [2026] 2029 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14848-01-6
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