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S1692 • 2025

Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions

Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Jessica Ramos
Last action
2026-06-01
Official status
Passed Assembly
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions

Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions; provides that items for sale at a commissary or canteen shall be sold for no more than a certain percentage over the purchase price; provides that the department of corrections and community supervisions shall publish on its website the price list for all commissary items for sale at each institution as of June 1, 2026 and on an annual basis thereafter.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions; provides that items for sale at a commissary or canteen shall be sold for no more than a certain percentage over the purchase price; provides that the department of corrections and community supervisions shall publish on its website the price list for all commissary items for sale at each institution as of June 1, 2026 and on an annual basis thereafter.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-01 Assembly

    SUBSTITUTED FOR A2592B

  2. 2026-06-01 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.399

  3. 2026-06-01 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  4. 2026-06-01 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  5. 2026-05-29 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  6. 2026-05-29 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  7. 2026-05-29 Assembly

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  8. 2026-05-21 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  9. 2026-05-20 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  10. 2026-05-19 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.1200

  11. 2026-04-24 Senate

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

  12. 2026-04-24 Senate

    PRINT NUMBER 1692B

  13. 2026-02-25 Senate

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

  14. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  15. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  16. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

  17. 2025-05-22 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  18. 2025-05-22 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  19. 2025-05-22 Assembly

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  20. 2025-05-14 Senate

    AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1692A

  21. 2025-03-03 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  22. 2025-02-26 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  23. 2025-02-25 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.379

  24. 2025-01-13 Senate

    REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Official Summary Text

Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions
Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions; provides that items for sale at a commissary or canteen shall be sold for no more than a certain percentage over the purchase price; provides that the department of corrections and community supervisions shall publish on its website the price list for all commissary items for sale at each institution as of June 1, 2026 and on an annual basis thereafter.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1692

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 13, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  RAMOS,  BAILEY,  MYRIE, SANDERS -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction  law, in relation to commissaries or
          canteens in correctional institutions

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Section 26 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 322
     2  of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  26.  [Establishment  of  commissaries]  COMMISSARIES or canteens in
     4  correctional institutions. 1. The commissioner may authorize the head of
     5  any institution in the department to establish a commissary or a canteen
     6  in such institution for the use and benefit of incarcerated individuals.
     7  ITEMS SOLD AT THE COMMISSARY OR CANTEEN SHALL BE SOLD AT  NO  MORE  THAN
     8  THREE  PERCENT  OVER  THE  PURCHASE PRICE FOR SUCH ITEMS. THE DEPARTMENT
     9  SHALL MAXIMIZE DISCOUNTS PROCURED BY BULK PURCHASING COMMISSARY ITEMS OR
    10  THROUGH OTHER CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT REDUCE  THE  COST  OF  SUCH
    11  ITEMS,  AND  SHALL  NOT RECEIVE COMMISSIONS, REVENUE, OR OTHER FINANCIAL
    12  INCENTIVES IN ANY CONTRACT WITH A SELLER, SUPPLIER, OR VENDOR OF COMMIS-
    13  SARY ITEMS. The moneys received  by  the  head  of  the  institution  as
    14  profits  from  the sales of the commissary or canteen shall be deposited
    15  in a special fund to be known as the commissary or canteen fund and such
    16  funds shall be used for the general purposes of the institution  subject
    17  to the provisions of section fifty-three of the state finance law.
    18    2.  MONEY  PLACED INTO THE COMMISSARY OR CANTEEN ACCOUNT OR FUND OF AN
    19  INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL SHALL ONLY BE USED BY THE INCARCERATED  INDIVID-
    20  UAL  FOR  PURCHASES  AT  SUCH  COMMISSARY  OR CANTEEN. NO FUNDS SHALL BE
    21  REMOVED FROM AN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL'S COMMISSARY OR CANTEEN  ACCOUNT
    22  OR  FUND  FOR  A VIOLATION, AS A PENALTY, OR FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN A
    23  PURCHASE AT SUCH COMMISSARY OR CANTEEN.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01715-02-5