Bill Title: Relates to inmate wages; provides that inmates shall be compensated at a base rate of $1.20 to $10 per day and shall be given biannual raises for adequate performance; and provides that inmates 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-31 - enacting clause stricken [A04340 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember David Weprin [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-024	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Carmen De La Rosa [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-072	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Richard Gottfried [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-075	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Jose Rivera [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-078	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Vivian Cook [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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