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Senate Bill S2212

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases promoting prostitution in the fourth degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class E felony

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2009-S2212 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10747
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง230.15 & 230.20, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S306, A4885
2013-2014: S265
2015-2016: S270
2017-2018: S4965, S7231

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

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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