---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the correctional association's ability to access, visit, inspect, and examine all state correctional facilities"
description: "Relates to the correctional association's ability to access, visit, inspect, and examine all state correctional facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 1249"
citation: "New York A 1249 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WEPRIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81592513-76e9-4bb1-8f77-e170f11baf28"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A1249"
source_hash: "026c9ed0778f01ac40a115788b4263b09fd2082bc8ce902fb888d14f6c300686"
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 A 1249 (2021-2022) — Relates to the correctional association's ability to access, visit, inspect, and examine all state correctional facilities

Relates to the correctional association's ability to access, visit, inspect, and examine all state correctional facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1249** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1249&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **129–21** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **42–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WEPRIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** REPORTED
- **2021-01-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.19
- **2021-01-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-01-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-01-25** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S875
- **2021-02-09** 3RD READING CAL.28
- **2021-02-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-16** SIGNED CHAP.32 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81592513-76e9-4bb1-8f77-e170f11baf28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).