Assembly Bill A6179

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits using possession of a condom as evidence in a trial, hearing or proceeding in certain circumstances

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A6179 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5694
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Add §4519-a, CPLR; amd §60.47, CP L; amd §841, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1289
2011-2012: S323
2013-2014: S1379
2015-2016: A10504, S1018
2019-2020: S729
2021-2022: S4834
2023-2024: S4167

2017-A6179 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that possession of a condom may not be received in evidence in any trial, hearing or proceeding as evidence of prostitution, patronizing a prostitute, promoting prostitution, permitting prostitution, maintaining a premises for prostitution, lewdness or assignation, or maintaining a bawdy house.

2017-A6179 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6179
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. MOYA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, the criminal procedure
   law and the executive law, in relation to the use in evidence  of  the
   fact of possession of a condom
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new
 section 4519-a to read as follows:
   § 4519-A. POSSESSION OF CONDOMS; RECEIPT INTO EVIDENCE.  POSSESSION OF
 A CONDOM MAY NOT BE RECEIVED  IN  EVIDENCE  IN  ANY  TRIAL,  HEARING  OR
 PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWELVE AND ARTICLE TEN
 OF THE MULTIPLE DWELLING LAW, SECTION TWELVE-A OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW,
 SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW OR SUBDIVISION
 FIVE OF SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN AND SECTION SEVEN  HUNDRED  FIFTEEN
 OF  THE REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW AS EVIDENCE OF PROSTI-
 TUTION, PATRONIZING A  PROSTITUTE,  PROMOTING  PROSTITUTION,  PERMITTING
 PROSTITUTION,  MAINTAINING  A  PREMISES  FOR  PROSTITUTION,  LEWDNESS OR
 ASSIGNATION, OR MAINTAINING A BAWDY HOUSE.
   § 2. Section 60.47 of the criminal procedure law, as added by  section
 2  of  part  I  of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
 § 60.47 Possession of condoms; receipt into evidence.
   Evidence that a person was in possession of one or  more  condoms  may
 not  be  admitted at any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in a prose-
 cution for [section 230.00] ANY OFFENSE, OR AN  ATTEMPT  TO  COMMIT  ANY
 OFFENSE,  DEFINED IN ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED THIRTY or section 240.37 of the
 penal law for the purpose of establishing probable cause for  an  arrest
 or  proving  any  person's  commission  or  attempted commission of such
 offense.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07162-01-7
              

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