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Assembly Bill A8928

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the ability of a fare-paying passenger in a vehicle for hire to consent to sexual activity inside such vehicle with the operator of the vehicle

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2019-A8928 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7089
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §130.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A629, S814
2023-2024: A1775
2025-2026: A1651

2019-A8928 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the ability of a fare-paying passenger in a vehicle for hire to consent to sexual activity inside the vehicle with the operator of the vehicle.

2019-A8928 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8928
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the ability of a fare-pay-
   ing passenger in a vehicle for hire  to  consent  to  sexual  activity
   inside the vehicle with the operator of the vehicle

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (j) of subdivision 3 of  section  130.05  of  the
 penal law, as added by section 1 of part JJ of chapter 55 of the laws of
 2018, is amended and a new paragraph (k) is added to read as follows:
   (j)  detained  or  otherwise in the custody of a police officer, peace
 officer, or other law enforcement official and the  actor  is  a  police
 officer, peace officer or other law enforcement official who either: (i)
 is  detaining  or  maintaining custody of such person; or (ii) knows, or
 reasonably should know, that at the time of the offense, such person was
 detained or in custody[.]; OR
   (K) A PASSENGER WHO ENTERED A VEHICLE FOR HIRE, IN ANTICIPATION  OF  A
 FARE  BEING  PAID  OR AFTER A FARE HAS BEEN PAID, FOR TRANSPORTATION, IS
 INSIDE SAID VEHICLE FOR HIRE, AND THE ACTOR  IS  THE  OPERATOR  OF  SUCH
 VEHICLE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14360-01-9

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