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 26-0)

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
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                                         225--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  MYRIE,  BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ,
          GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER, RAMOS,
          SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, STAVISKY, WEBB -- read twice and  ordered
          printed,  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judici-
          ary --  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 crimes

     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 crimes. Neither
     4  slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist in the state of  New  York
     5  for  persons  convicted  of  crimes.   No incarcerated individual in any
     6  state or local  prison,  penitentiary,  jail  or  reformatory  shall  be
     7  compelled  or induced to provide labor against his or her will by actual
     8  or threatened force, punishment, sexual assault, or by any  other  means
     9  reasonably  likely  to cause the incarcerated individual to believe that
    10  if they do not provide such labor that  they  or  another  person  would
    11  suffer  physical,  emotional  or  mental  harm,  or other adverse conse-
    12  quences.
    13    Any incarcerated individual who voluntarily provides  labor  shall  be
    14  entitled  to  all labor protections that would be provided for work of a
    15  similar nature, but for such individual's  condition  of  incarceration.
    16  This section shall be self-executing.
    17    § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing be referred
    18  to  the  first  regular  legislative  session  convening  after the next
    19  succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
    20  ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3
    21  months previous to the time of such election.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89022-03-3