Assembly Bill A6169

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishing the offense of migrant trafficking

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A6169 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §135.38, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8880

2025-A6169 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Criminalizes the act of engaging in any scheme, plan or pattern to transport an undocumented immigrant from any location outside of New York state to a location within New York state with the intent of dropping such person off in any municipality or federal property located wholly within New York state boundaries or to transport an undocumented immigrant from any location within New York state to another location within New York state with the intent of dropping such person off in any municipality or federal property located wholly within New York state boundaries.

2025-A6169 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6169
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense
   of migrant trafficking
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be  known and may be cited as the "stop
 migrant trafficking act".
   § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 135.38  to  read
 as follows:
 § 135.38 MIGRANT TRAFFICKING.
   1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF MIGRANT TRAFFICKING IF SUCH PERSON ENGAGES IN
 ANY SCHEME, PLAN OR PATTERN TO TRANSPORT AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT FROM:
   (A)  ANY  LOCATION  OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK STATE TO A LOCATION WITHIN NEW
 YORK STATE WITH THE INTENT OF DROPPING SUCH PERSON OFF  IN  ANY  MUNICI-
 PALITY  OR FEDERAL PROPERTY LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN NEW YORK STATE BOUNDA-
 RIES; OR
   (B) ANY LOCATION WITHIN NEW YORK STATE TO ANOTHER LOCATION WITHIN  NEW
 YORK  STATE  WITH  THE INTENT OF DROPPING SUCH PERSON OFF IN ANY MUNICI-
 PALITY OR FEDERAL PROPERTY LOCATED WHOLLY WITHIN NEW YORK STATE  BOUNDA-
 RIES.
   2.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "PERSON" MEANS A NATURAL PERSON, A COMPA-
 NY, SOCIETY, ASSOCIATION, CORPORATION, MANAGER, CONTRACTOR,  SUBCONTRAC-
 TOR,  PARTNERSHIP,  BUREAU,  AGENCY,  SERVICE,  OFFICE  OR  THE AGENT OR
 EMPLOYEE OF THE FOREGOING.
   MIGRANT TRAFFICKING IS A CLASS C FELONY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08699-01-5

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