S00467 Summary:

BILL NOS00467
 
SAME ASSAME AS A06469
 
SPONSORSEPULVEDA
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §187, Cor L
 
Relates to incarcerated individuals wages; provides that incarcerated individuals shall be compensated at a base rate of $1.20 to $10 per day and shall be given biannual raises for adequate performance; provides that incarcerated individuals not participating in a work or program assignment due to age or frailty shall be paid $1.00 per day, adjusted every 5 years for cost of living.
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S00467 Actions:

BILL NOS00467
 
01/04/2023REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
01/03/2024REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
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S00467 Committee Votes:

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S00467 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S00467 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           467
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 incarcerated individ-
          uals wages
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  187 of the correction law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5. Incarcerated individuals shall be  compensated  for  all  work  and
     4  program  assignments at a base rate of compensation of one dollar twenty
     5  cents to ten dollars per day and shall  be  given  biannual  raises  for
     6  adequate  performance  in  such  assignments. An incarcerated individual
     7  working in  a  manufacturing  or  industrial  assignment  shall  receive
     8  compensation of five to ten dollars per day for the duration of the time
     9  such  incarcerated  individual works in such assignment and shall revert
    10  to his or her previous rate of compensation once he or she is no  longer
    11  working  in such assignment.  Unless an incarcerated individual is leav-
    12  ing such manufacturing or industrial assignment, his or her compensation
    13  for performing his or her  work  or  program  assignment  shall  not  be
    14  decreased if he or she is transferred to a different facility or changes
    15  assignments  within  a  facility. The department shall review and adjust
    16  the base rate of compensation of  incarcerated  individuals  every  five
    17  years  after  the effective date of this subdivision to adjust for cost-
    18  of-living increases. A cost-of-living adjustment shall be  made  if  the
    19  sum  of  the  annual average changes of the consumer price index for all
    20  urban consumers (CPI-U), as published  annually  by  the  United  States
    21  department of labor bureau of labor statistics, is ten percent or great-
    22  er  upon  review.  Incarcerated  individuals who are not able to work or
    23  participate in programs because of a medical, mental, cognitive,  devel-
    24  opmental  or physical impairment or condition or who are over the age of
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01561-01-3

        S. 467                              2
 
     1  sixty and not participating in a work or program assignment  because  of
     2  age-related  infirmity  or  frailty  shall  be  paid one dollar per day,
     3  adjusted every five years for cost of living.
     4    §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
     5  law.
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