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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 439: Enacts "the prison wage act" relating to payment for labor performed by incarcerated individuals

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 439 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts "the prison wage act" relating to payment for labor performed by incarcerated individuals. Primary sponsor: Zellnor Myrie (Democratic). It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Working Families 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Zellnor MyriePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Jamaal BaileyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate36
Samra BroukCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate55
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Kristen GonzalezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate59
Brad Hoylman-SigalCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Brian KavanaghCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Liz KruegerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate28
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Gustavo RiveraCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate33
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
James SandersCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Jose SerranoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate29
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
  2. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  3. PRINT NUMBER 439B
  4. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
  5. PRINT NUMBER 439A
  6. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
  7. REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source