New York A 4009: Relates to sex trafficking
Status: REFERRED TO CODES (as of 2026-01-07)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 4009
Sponsors: Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Dana Levenberg, John Zaccaro Jr., Judy Griffin, Nader Sayegh, Rebecca Kassay, Tommy Schiavoni
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Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript A04009 Summary: BILL NOA04009   SAME ASSAME AS S00202   SPONSORGonzalez-Rojas   COSPNSRSayegh, Levenberg, Schiavoni, Zaccaro, Griffin, Kassay   MLTSPNSR   Amd §§230.34 & 230.34-a, Pen L   Increases the penalty of sex trafficking and sex trafficking of a child from a class B felony to a class A-II felony. Go to top A04009 Actions: BILL NOA04009   01/30/2025referred to codes 01/07/2026referred to codes Go to topA04009 Committee Votes: Go to topA04009 Floor Votes: There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session. Go to topA04009 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4009 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred 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 Go to top • Sitemap Request Information Directions and Maps
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