---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits the correctional association to access, visit, inspect, and examine all state correctional facilities"
description: "Permits the correctional association to access, visit, inspect, and examine all state correctional facilities without advance notice to the department; during such visits the association shall have the power to interview and converse publicly or confidentially with any correctional employee, any incarcerated individual, and any other person providing services in a state correctional facility, whether or not employed by such facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8046"
citation: "New York S 8046 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SEPULVEDA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-12"
last_action: "2020-12-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b633111-9f9b-41e1-8a48-8dfb17f8c722"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8046"
source_hash: "a605c57c13af66f937d6c124c18e6acb2115171b8e63c6e194bb21061d8b3544"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 8046 (2019-2020) — Permits the correctional association to access, visit, inspect, and examine all state correctional facilities

Permits the correctional association to access, visit, inspect, and examine all state correctional facilities without advance notice to the department; during such visits the association shall have the power to interview and converse publicly or confidentially with any correctional employee, any incarcerated individual, and any other person providing services in a state correctional facility, whether or not employed by such facility.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S8046** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8046&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **94–48** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **11–8** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **38–22** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SEPULVEDA — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-03-12** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-17** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.844
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10194
- **2020-07-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.265
- **2020-07-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-22** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-11-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-02** SIGNED CHAP.320 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-02** APPROVAL MEMO.30

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b633111-9f9b-41e1-8a48-8dfb17f8c722`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).