New York S 202: Relates to sex trafficking

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S00202 Summary:

BILL NOS00202 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04009

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§230.34 & 230.34-a, Pen L

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Increases the penalty of sex trafficking and sex trafficking of a child from a class B felony to a class A-II felony.

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BILL NOS00202 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 202

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing the penalties
 for sex trafficking

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 230.34 of the penal law,
 2 as added by chapter 74 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 Sex trafficking is a [class B] class A-II felony.
 5 § 2. The closing paragraph of section 230.34-a of the penal law, as
 6 added by chapter 189 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
 7 Sex trafficking of a child is a [class B] class A-II felony.
 8 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 9 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00873-01-5

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