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NY A02592

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Crystal Peoples-Stokes

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Caps prices on commissary and canteen items in state correctional facilities at no more than 3% above the purchase price

  • Requires the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to maximize discounts through bulk purchasing and other contracting opportunities to reduce item costs

  • Prohibits the department from receiving commissions, revenue, or other financial incentives in contracts with commissary vendors or suppliers

  • Mandates publication of commissary price lists for all items at each institution on the department's website, beginning June 1, 2025, and annually thereafter

Legislative Description

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, 2025 and on an annual basis thereafter.

Last Action

referred to ways and means

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means1/7/2026
Rules5/29/2025
Ways and Means5/6/2025
Correction1/21/2025

Full Bill Text

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