---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to review of policies and practices relating to COVID-19 outbreaks in correctional facilities, including the treatment and prevention of the disease among inmates and staff"
description: "Provides for the review of policies and practices relating to COVID-19 outbreaks in correctional facilities, including the treatment and prevention of the disease among inmates and staff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 877"
citation: "New York S 877 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RIVERA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/050e7ecd-81a1-4813-b22b-bc2dc4a890f9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S877"
source_hash: "a8b1d833b9438034c755bac63a5fe4978f1598069e426fdf139e1a88fca4dc08"
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 877 (2021-2022) — Relates to review of policies and practices relating to COVID-19 outbreaks in correctional facilities, including the treatment and prevention of the disease among inmates and staff

Provides for the review of policies and practices relating to COVID-19 outbreaks in correctional facilities, including the treatment and prevention of the disease among inmates and staff.

## Version chain

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

1. **S877** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S877&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RIVERA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.30
- **2021-01-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-25** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A984
- **2021-02-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.42
- **2021-02-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-02-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-16** SIGNED CHAP.45 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/050e7ecd-81a1-4813-b22b-bc2dc4a890f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).