New York S 6507: Relates to enacting "Todd's Law"

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S06507 Summary:

BILL NOS06507 

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SPONSORCLEARE

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Amd §230.34-a, Pen L

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Defines the crime of sex trafficking of a child, person who is mentally disabled, or person who is mentally incapacitated as a class B felony.

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BILL NOS06507 

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03/17/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6507

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 17, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 defining the crime of sex
 trafficking of a child, person who is mentally disabled, or person who
 is mentally incapacitated

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

 1 Section 1. Section 230.34-a of the penal law, as added by chapter 189
 2 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 230.34-a Sex trafficking of a child, person who is mentally disabled,
 4 or person who is mentally incapacitated.
 5 1. A person is guilty of sex trafficking of a child, person who is
 6 mentally disabled, or person who is mentally incapacitated when [he or
 7 she]:
 8 (a) such person, being twenty-one years old or more, intentionally
 9 advances or profits from prostitution of another person and such person
 10 is a child less than eighteen years old. Knowledge by the defendant of
 11 the age of such child is not an element of this offense and it is not a
 12 defense to a prosecution therefor that the defendant did not know the
 13 age of the child or believed such age to be eighteen or over; or
 14 (b) such person intentionally advances or profits from prostitution of
 15 another person and such person is mentally disabled or mentally incapac-
 16 itated.
 17 2. For purposes of this section:
 18 (a) A person "advances prostitution" when, acting other than as a
 19 person in prostitution or as a patron thereof, and with intent to cause
 20 prostitution, [he or she] such person directly engages in conduct that
 21 facilitates an act or enterprise of prostitution.
 22 (b) A person "profits from prostitution" when, acting other than as a
 23 person in prostitution receiving compensation for personally rendered
 24 prostitution services, and with intent to facilitate prostitution, [he

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 or she] such person accepts or receives money or other property pursuant
 2 to an agreement or understanding with any person whereby [he or she]
 3 such principal person participates in the proceeds of prostitution
 4 activity.
 5 (c) The terms "mentally disabled" and "mentally incapacitated" shall
 6 have the same meanings as set forth in section 130.00 of this chapter.
 7 Sex trafficking of a child, person who is mentally disabled, or person
 8 who is mentally incapacitated is a class B felony.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 10 have become a law.

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