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NY A04349
Bill
Status
2/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Alicia Hyndman
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AI Summary
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Establishes a $5 per hour minimum wage for incarcerated individuals performing any labor, including work for nonprofit organizations, work release programs, residential treatment facilities, and manufacturing/service work directed by the department
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Allows the Department of Corrections to charge nonprofit organizations a reasonable hourly rate for meals and housing of incarcerated individuals who volunteer to work for them
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Creates the "Prison Incarcerated Individual Fund" held jointly by the state comptroller and Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
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Permits up to 40% of an incarcerated individual's hourly wages to be deposited into the fund to support their families with expenses including daycare, child support, rent, and medical costs
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Takes effect 180 days after becoming law
Legislative Description
Relates to the Incarcerated Individuals Responsibility and Fair Wages Act; establishes a minimum wage for incarcerated individuals of five dollars per hour; establishes a prison incarcerated individual fund where up to forty percent of an incarcerated individual's wages can be sent to their family to help pay for certain expenses.
Last Action
referred to correction
1/7/2026