Bill Text: NY S00225 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides that no incarcerated individual in any state or local prison, penitentiary, jail or reformatory shall be compelled or induced to provide labor against their will.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-06 - referred to ways and means [S00225 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00225-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         225--C

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  MYRIE,  BAILEY,  BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE,
          COONEY,   FERNANDEZ,   GIANARIS,   GONZALEZ,   GOUNARDES,    HARCKHAM,
          HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, MAY, MAYER, PARKER, RAMOS,
          RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, STAVISKY, WEBB -- read twice  and
          ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
          Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
          amended  and  recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
          committee  --  recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance
          with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing  an amendment to article 1 of the constitution, in relation to
          the abolition of slavery for persons convicted of a crime

     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That article  1  of  the
     2  constitution be amended by adding a new section 20 to read as follows:
     3    §  20.  Abolition of slavery for persons convicted of a crime. Neither
     4  slavery nor involuntary servitude shall be permitted  to  exist  in  the
     5  state of New York, including for persons convicted of a crime. No incar-
     6  cerated  individual  in any state or local prison, penitentiary, jail or
     7  reformatory shall be compelled or induced to provide labor against their
     8  will by force or other adverse action against the incarcerated  individ-
     9  ual or against another person, or by any reasonably feared threat there-
    10  of.
    11    § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing be referred
    12  to  the  first  regular  legislative  session  convening  after the next
    13  succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
    14  ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3
    15  months previous to the time of such election.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89022-09-4