New York S 10224: Enacts the sex buyer trafficking accountability act

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S10224 Summary:

BILL NOS10224A

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SAME ASSAME AS A11300-A

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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COSPNSRADDABBO, CLEARE, LIU, MAY, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§230.02, 230.15 & 230.34-a, Pen L

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Closes the patron exclusion in the definition of advancing prostitution; expands the definition of patronizing a person for prostitution to include anything of value.

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BILL NOS10224A

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05/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

05/12/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

05/12/2026PRINT NUMBER 10224A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10224--A

 IN SENATE

 May 7, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to closing the patron exclu-
 sion in the definition of advancing prostitution and expanding the
 definition of patronizing a person for prostitution to include
 anything of value

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "sex trafficking accountability act".
 3 § 2. Section 230.02 of the penal law, as amended by section 627 of the
 4 laws of 1978, the section heading and subdivision 1 as amended by chap-
 5 ter 368 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 230.02 Patronizing a person for prostitution; definitions.
 7 1. A person patronizes a person for prostitution when:
 8 (a) Pursuant to a prior understanding, [he or she] such person pays a
 9 fee, or anything of value, to another person as compensation for such
 10 person or a third person having engaged in sexual conduct with [him or
 11 her] such principal person; or
 12 (b) [He or she] Such person pays or agrees to pay a fee, or anything
 13 of value, to another person pursuant to an understanding that in return
 14 therefor such person or a third person will engage in sexual conduct
 15 with [him or her] such principal person; or
 16 (c) [He or she] Such person solicits or requests another person to
 17 engage in sexual conduct with [him or her] such principal person in
 18 return for a fee, or anything of value.
 19 2. As used in this article[,]:
 20 (a) ["person] "Person who is patronized" means the person with whom
 21 the defendant engaged in sexual conduct or was to have engaged in sexual
 22 conduct pursuant to the understanding, or the person who was solicited
 23 or requested by the defendant to engage in sexual conduct.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15787-05-6

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 1 (b) "Prostitution" means the act of engaging in or agreeing to engage
 2 in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee or anything of
 3 value that is given or received by a person.
 4 § 3. Section 230.15 of the penal law, subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended
 5 by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 230.15 Promoting prostitution; definitions of terms.
 7 The following definitions are applicable to this article:
 8 1. "Advance prostitution." A person "advances prostitution" when,
 9 acting other than as a person in prostitution [or as a patron thereof],
 10 [he or she] such person knowingly causes or aids a person to commit or
 11 engage in prostitution, procures or solicits patrons for prostitution,
 12 provides persons or premises for prostitution purposes, operates or
 13 assists in the operation of a house of prostitution or a prostitution
 14 enterprise, or engages in any other conduct designed to institute, aid
 15 or facilitate an act or enterprise of prostitution.
 16 2. "Profit from prostitution." A person "profits from prostitution"
 17 when, acting other than as a person in prostitution receiving compen-
 18 sation for personally rendered prostitution services, [he or she] such
 19 person accepts or receives money or other property pursuant to an