---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restricts the use of segregated confinement and creates alternative therapeutic and rehabilitative confinement options"
description: "Restricts the use of segregated confinement and creates alternative therapeutic and rehabilitative confinement options; limits the length of time a person may be in segregated confinement and excludes certain persons from being placed in segregated confinement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 2277"
citation: "New York A 2277 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AUBRY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0debc997-4cbe-4a8b-80d0-82dee28e8e63"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A2277"
source_hash: "288cd7dcf077198747efcbe85408d1d1c7384855075937e3c84f37010e9d1800"
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 2277 (2021-2022) — Restricts the use of segregated confinement and creates alternative therapeutic and rehabilitative confinement options

Restricts the use of segregated confinement and creates alternative therapeutic and rehabilitative confinement options; limits the length of time a person may be in segregated confinement and excludes certain persons from being placed in segregated confinement.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2277&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A2277A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A2277A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **101–49** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **42–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AUBRY — primary (person)
- ANDERSON — cosponsor (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE HERMELYN — cosponsor (person)
- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
- BURGOS — cosponsor (person)
- CLARK — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- DARLING — cosponsor (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- EICHENSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FALL — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- FORREST — cosponsor (person)
- FRONTUS — cosponsor (person)
- GALLAGHER — cosponsor (person)
- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- KELLES — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MAMDANI — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- MEEKS — cosponsor (person)
- MITAYNES — cosponsor (person)
- NIOU — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- QUART — cosponsor (person)
- RAJKUMAR — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL D — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- SEPTIMO — cosponsor (person)
- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- VANEL — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CORRECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** PRINT NUMBER 2277A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** REPORTED
- **2021-03-15** RULES REPORT CAL.40
- **2021-03-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.40
- **2021-03-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-16** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2836
- **2021-03-18** 3RD READING CAL.555
- **2021-03-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-31** SIGNED CHAP.93 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-31** APPROVAL MEMO.4

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0debc997-4cbe-4a8b-80d0-82dee28e8e63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).