New York A 3485: Relates to establishing a sex trafficking awareness and prevention program

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A03485 Summary:

BILL NOA03485A

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SAME ASSAME AS S02399-A

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SPONSORGonzalez-Rojas

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COSPNSRGallagher, Sayegh, Levenberg, Schiavoni, Zaccaro, Griffin, Woerner, Kassay

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §224-b, V & T L; amd §502, V & T L

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Directs the commissioner of DMV to establish a sex trafficking awareness and prevention program to provide education and awareness literature and educational materials to trade schools, community colleges, agencies, public or private schools or persons offering instruction in the operation of commercial motor vehicles with a commercial motor vehicle license and requires applicants for commercial driver's licenses submit a certificate for completion of such program.

Go to top A03485 Actions:

BILL NOA03485A

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01/28/2025referred to transportation

12/19/2025amend and recommit to transportation

12/19/2025print number 3485a

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3485--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, GALLAGHER, SAYEGH, LEVENBERG,
 SCHIAVONI, ZACCARO, GRIFFIN, WOERNER, KASSAY -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
 a sex trafficking awareness and prevention program

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 224-b to read as follows:
 3 § 224-b. Sex trafficking awareness and prevention program. (a) The
 4 commissioner, in conjunction with the interagency task force on human
 5 trafficking, the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
 6 services and the commissioner of transportation, shall implement a sex
 7 trafficking awareness and prevention program within the curriculum
 8 requirements for all commercial driver licenses. The sex trafficking
 9 awareness and prevention program shall be established for the purpose of
 10 providing education and awareness for the prevention of sex trafficking
 11 in this state. The program curriculum shall utilize existing materials
 12 from a nationally recognized anti-trafficking organization. The program
 13 shall provide education and awareness literature and educational materi-
 14 als to all trade schools, community colleges, agencies, public or
 15 private schools or persons offering instruction in the operation of
 16 commercial motor vehicles. The program shall include a minimum of thirty
 17 minutes of training. The materials shall include, but not be limited to,
 18 warning signs of potential sex trafficking and entities to whom a driver
 19 may report suspected activity that might constitute sex trafficking.
 20 The commissioner may coordinate with the interagency task force on human
 21 trafficking in providing relevant literature and materials to such trade
 22 schools, community colleges, agencies, public or private schools or
 23 persons offering instruction in the operation of commercial motor vehi-
 24 cles.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06474-05-5

 A. 3485--A 2

 1 (b) The commissioner may additionally coordinate with the interagency
 2 task force on human trafficking: (i) to collect and organize data on the
 3 nature and extent of trafficking in persons in the state; (ii) to iden-
 4 tify available federal, state and local programs to provide services to
 5 victims of trafficking; (iii) to consult with governmental and non-go-
 6 vernmental organizations in developing recommendations to strengthen
 7 state and local efforts to prevent trafficking; (iv) to measure and
 8 evaluate the state's progress in preventing trafficking, and prosecuting
 9 persons engaged in trafficking; and (v) to evaluate the effectiveness of
 10 the sex trafficking awareness and prevention program.
 11 (c) The commis