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Feb 13, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S2212
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S2212 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S2212 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Increases promoting prostitution in the fourth degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony; includes within such offense the knowing issuance, provision, mailing, distribution or transmission of any written material or electronic communication which advertises the provision of sexual conduct in return for a fee.
2009-S2212 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2212 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the promotion of prostitution PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : Increases promoting prostitution in the fourth degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : A person "promotes prostitution" when he or she knowingly, issues, gives, mails, distributes or transmits any written material or electronic communication which advertises the provision of sexual conduct in return for a fee. A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the fourth degree when he or she knowingly advances, promotes or profits from such act promoting prostitution in the fourth degree will increase from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony. JUSTIFICATION : This legislation would create a harsher punishment for anyone who promotes prostitution via mail, written material, electronic communication, video or any other means. The rampant behavior of promoting prostitution particularly in densely populated areas must be punished strongly; thus, the E felony classification.
2009-S2212 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2212 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 13, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the promotion of prostitu- tion THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 230.15 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3. "PROMOTE PROSTITUTION." A PERSON "PROMOTES PROSTITUTION" WHEN HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY, ISSUES, GIVES, MAILS, DISTRIBUTES OR TRANSMITS ANY WRIT- TEN MATERIAL OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION WHICH ADVERTISES THE PROVISION OF SEXUAL CONDUCT IN RETURN FOR A FEE. S 2. Section 230.20 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 627 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: S 230.20 Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree. A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the fourth degree when he OR SHE knowingly advances, PROMOTES or profits from prostitution. Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E FELONY. S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00039-01-9
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