New York S 6881: Relates to the Oswego county correctional facility

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S06881 Summary:

BILL NOS06881 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10834

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §509-b, add §509-bbb, V & T L

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Requires bus drivers complete a human trafficking recognition training program which includes the nature of human trafficking; how human trafficking is defined in law; how to identify someone who is human trafficking; how to identify someone who is a human trafficking victim; and entities to whom a driver may report suspected activity that might constitute human trafficking.

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BILL NOS06881 

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03/25/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6881

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
 bus drivers complete a human trafficking recognition training program

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 509-b of the vehicle and
 2 traffic law, as added by chapter 675 of the laws of 1985, are amended
 3 and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
 4 (3) has passed the bus driver physical examination administered pursu-
 5 ant to regulations established by the commissioner; [and]
 6 (4) is not disqualified to drive a motor vehicle pursuant to section
 7 five hundred nine-c or any other provision of this article[.]; and
 8 (5) has completed the human trafficking recognition training program
 9 pursuant to section five hundred nine-bbb of this article.
 10 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 11 509-bbb to read as follows:
 12 § 509-bbb. Human trafficking recognition training program. (a) For
 13 purposes of this section:
 14 (i) "human trafficking victim" shall have the same meaning as defined
 15 in section four hundred eighty-three-aa of the social services law.
 16 (ii) "interagency task force on human trafficking" shall mean the
 17 interagency task force on human trafficking established by section four
 18 hundred eighty-three-ee of the social services law.
 19 (iii) "the program" shall mean the human trafficking recognition
 20 training program established under this section.
 21 (b) The commissioner, in conjunction with the interagency task force
 22 on human trafficking, the commissioner of the division of criminal
 23 justice services and the commissioner of transportation, shall develop a
 24 human trafficking recognition training program. The program may be
 25 developed in conjunction or consultation with any other state, federal,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11107-01-5

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 1 or non-profit organizations at the discretion of the commissioner. The
 2 program may be conducted through in-person instruction, electronic and
 3 video communication, or online programs.
 4 (c) The program shall include, but not be limited to:
 5 (i) the nature of human trafficking.
 6 (ii) how human trafficking is defined in law.
 7 (iii) how to identify someone who is human trafficking.
 8 (iv) how to identify someone who is a human trafficking victim.
 9 (v) entities to whom a driver may report suspected activity that might
 10 constitute human trafficking, including but not limited to the national
 11 human trafficking hotline, which connects victims of human trafficking
 12 to:
 13 (A) relief and recovery options; and
 14 (B) social and legal services.
 15 (d) The commissioner and the commissioner of the department of trans-
 16 portation shall make available a list online of established or approved
 17 human trafficking recognition programs for use by a bus company.
 18 (e) All new employees required under section five hundred nine-b of
 19 this article to complete the human trafficking recognition training
 20 program shall complete suc