New York S 439: Relates to reducing the use of PFAS chemicals in firefighting activities

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S00439 Summary:

BILL NOS00439B

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SAME ASSAME AS A03596-B

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SPONSORMYRIE

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COSPNSRBAILEY, BROUK, COMRIE, GONZALEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR,
 SANDERS, SERRANO, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§170, 171, 177, 178, 184, 186, 187 & 200, Cor L

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Enacts "the prison minimum wage act" relating to payment for labor performed by incarcerated individuals.

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BILL NOS00439B

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

01/23/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

01/23/2025PRINT NUMBER 439A

04/23/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

04/23/2025PRINT NUMBER 439B

05/13/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 439--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, BAILEY, COMRIE, GONZALEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
 JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SERRANO
 -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction -- 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

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to enacting "the prison
 wage act"

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "the prison
 2 wage act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 170 of the correction law, as amended by
 4 chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 5 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an incarcerated indi-
 6 vidual may be permitted to leave the institution under guard to volun-
 7 tarily perform work for a nonprofit organization; provided that each
 8 incarcerated individual who volunteers to perform work for a nonprofit
 9 organization shall be compensated for their labor in accordance with the
 10 provisions of subdivision five of section one hundred eighty-seven of
 11 this article. As used in this section, the term "nonprofit organization"
 12 means an organization operated exclusively for religious, charitable, or
 13 educational purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the
 14 benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
 15 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 171 of the correction law, as amended by
 16 chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended and a new subdivision 3 is
 17 added to read as follows:
 18 1. The commissioner and the superintendents and officials of all peni-
 19 tentiaries in the state may [cause] permit incarcerated individuals in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01730-07-5

 S. 439--B 2

 1 the state correctional facilities and such penitentiaries who are phys-
 2 ically capable thereof to be employed for not to exceed eight hours of
 3 each day other than Sundays and public holidays. Notwithstanding any
 4 other provision of this section, however, the commissioner and super-
 5 intendents of state correctional facilities may employ incarcerated
 6 individuals on a volunteer basis on Sundays and public holidays in
 7 specialized areas of the facility, including kitchen areas, vehicular
 8 garages, rubbish pickup and grounds maintenance, providing, however,
 9 that incarcerated individuals so employed shall be allowed an alterna-
 10 tive free day within the normal work week.
 11 3. Any incarcerated individual performing labor as described in this
 12 section shall be compensated for their labor in accordance with the
 13 provisions of subdivision five of section one hundred eighty-seven of
 14 this article.
 15 § 4. Subdivision 7 of section 177 of the correction law, as renumbered
 16 by chapter 256 of the laws of 2010, is renumbered subdivision 8