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Assembly Bill A10624

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to persons less than seventeen years old involved in prostitution

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2017-A10624 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §230.00, Pen L

2017-A10624 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a person less than seventeen years old cannot be found guilty of prostitution because he or she lacks the capacity to consent to a sexual act.

2017-A10624 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10624
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to persons less  than  seven-
   teen years old involved in prostitution
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 230.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter  169
 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
 § 230.00 Prostitution.
   A  person is guilty of prostitution when such person engages or agrees
 or offers to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return  for
 a  fee, UNLESS SUCH PERSON LACKS THE CAPACITY TO CONSENT TO A SEXUAL ACT
 BECAUSE HE OR SHE IS LESS THAN SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD.
   Prostitution is a class B Misdemeanor.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15517-01-8

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