New York Assembly Bill 7452

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on May 22 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - referred to correction
Pending: Assembly Correction Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes a New York state prison labor board to ensure that all labor programs comply with the requirements of the labor law and are for the purpose of promoting successful rehabilitation, reentry and reintegration into the community and not for the purpose of earnings or cost-savings which inure to the benefit the state or any private individual or corporation; prohibits the department of corrections and community supervision from unfairly attaching, garnishing or disbursing the funds of incarcerated individuals where such individuals have not requested disbursement; requires that all interest accumulated on incarcerated individuals' funds be credited to such individual's accounts; eliminates the preferred status of the department of corrections and community supervision regarding commodities and services furnished by the correctional industries program; and repeals certain provisions of the state finance law relating to such preferred status.

Establishes a New York state prison labor board to ensure that all labor programs comply with the requirements of the labor law and are for the purpose of promoting successful rehabilitation, reentry and reintegration into the community and not for the purpose of earnings or cost-savings which inure to the benefit the state or any private individual or corporation; prohibits the department of corrections and community supervision from unfairly attaching, garnishing or disbursing the funds of incarcerated individuals where such individuals have not requested disbursement; requires that all interest accumulated on incarcerated individuals' funds be credited to such individual's accounts; eliminates the preferred status of the department of corrections and community supervision regarding commodities and services furnished by the correctional industries program; and repeals certain provisions of the state finance law relating to such preferred status.

Asm. Harvey Epstein [D]	Asm. Karines Reyes [D]	Asm. Dana Levenberg [D]	Asm. Zohran Kwame Mamdani [D]
Asm. Brian Cunningham [D]	Asm. Steven Raga [D]	Asm. Sarahana Shrestha [D]	Asm. Anna Kelles [D]
Asm. Phara Souffrant Forrest [D]	Asm. Yudelka Tapia [D]	Asm. Marcela Mitaynes [D]	Asm. Demond Meeks [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-03	Assembly	referred to correction
2023-05-22	Assembly	referred to correction

S06747 (Same As) 2024-05-06 - PRINT NUMBER 6747A

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7452
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A07452&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A07452