Assembly Bill A8203

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Expands felony sex offenses to include certain offenses related to prostitution and human trafficking

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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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2023-A8203 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8129
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §70.80, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A1349, S5745

2023-A8203 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands felony sex offenses to include promoting prostitution in the second degree, promoting prostitution in the first degree, compelling prostitution, sex trafficking, and sex trafficking of a child.

2023-A8203 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8203
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, BUTTENSCHON, COLTON,
   FAHY,  LEVENBERG,  MEEKS,  MORINELLO,  BLANKENBUSH, DeSTEFANO, FITZPA-
   TRICK, GANDOLFO, GRAY, MAHER -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to making certain offenses
   related to prostitution and sex trafficking felony sex offenses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1 of section 70.80 of the
 penal law, as amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, is amended  to
 read as follows:
   (a)  For  the purposes of this section, a "felony sex offense" means a
 conviction of any felony defined in article one hundred thirty  of  this
 chapter,  including a sexually motivated felony, or patronizing a person
 for prostitution in the first degree as defined  in  section  230.06  of
 this chapter, patronizing a person for prostitution in the second degree
 as  defined  in section 230.05 of this chapter, aggravated patronizing a
 minor for prostitution in the third degree as defined in section  230.11
 of  this chapter, aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution in the
 second degree as defined in section 230.12 of this  chapter,  aggravated
 patronizing  a  minor for prostitution in the first degree as defined in
 section 230.13 of this chapter, PROMOTING  PROSTITUTION  IN  THE  SECOND
 DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.30 OF THIS CHAPTER, PROMOTING PROSTITU-
 TION  IN  THE FIRST DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.32 OF THIS CHAPTER,
 COMPELLING PROSTITUTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.33  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,
 SEX  TRAFFICKING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 230.34 OF THIS CHAPTER, SEX TRAF-
 FICKING OF A CHILD AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  230.34-A  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,
 incest  in  the second degree as defined in section 255.26 of this chap-
 ter, or incest in the first degree as defined in section 255.27 of  this
 chapter, or a felony attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the above.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13279-01-3

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