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Assembly Bill A9453

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to sex trafficking and persons under eighteen years of age

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2015-A9453 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6894
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง230.34, Pen L

2015-A9453 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to sex trafficking and persons under eighteen years of age.

2015-A9453 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9453

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 4, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN, DINOWITZ, ROBINSON, COLTON, BLAKE --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. KAMINSKY -- read once and  referred  to
  the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to sex trafficking of persons
  less than eighteen years old

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 5 of  section  230.34  of  the
penal  law, as added by chapter 74 of the laws of 2007, is amended and a
new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
  (h) perform any other act which would not in itself materially benefit
the actor but which is calculated to harm the person who  is  patronized
materially  with  respect  to  his or her health, safety, or immigration
status[.]; OR
  6. KNOWINGLY ADVANCING PROSTITUTION OF A  PERSON  LESS  THAN  EIGHTEEN
YEARS OLD.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14030-01-6

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