Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 20, 2011 |
signed chap.215 |
Jul 08, 2011 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 20, 2011 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.498 substituted for a8026 |
Jun 17, 2011 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 16, 2011 |
ordered to third reading cal.1345 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jun 07, 2011 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S5623
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2011-S5623 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8026
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §230.20, Pen L
2011-S5623 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5623 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of promoting prostitution in the fourth degree PURPOSE: This bill will specifically add the distribution of obscene material or material that depicts nudity to more than 10 people in a public place with the intent to advance or profit from prostitution to the current penal law which prohibits the promotion of prostitution in the fourth degree. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 230.20 of the penal law, promoting prostitution in the fourth degree, by adding "or with the intent to advance or profit from prostitution, distributes or disseminates to ten or more people in a public place obscene material, as such terms are defined by subdivisions one and two of section 235.00 of this title, or material that depicts nudity, as such term is defined by subdivision one of section 245.10 of this part." JUSTIFICATION: The distribution of business-size cards with images of scantily clad and/or naked men and/or women are common along the street of
2011-S5623 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5623 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 7, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- 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 crime of promoting prostitution in the fourth degree THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. 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]: 1. ADVANCES or profits from prostitution[.]; OR 2. WITH INTENT TO ADVANCE OR PROFIT FROM PROSTITUTION, DISTRIBUTES OR DISSEMINATES TO TEN OR MORE PEOPLE IN A PUBLIC PLACE OBSCENE MATERIAL, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED BY SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF SECTION 235.00 OF THIS TITLE, OR MATERIAL THAT DEPICTS NUDITY, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 245.10 OF THIS PART. Promoting prostitution in the fourth degree is a class A misdemeanor. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11821-01-1
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