Senate Bill S1991

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Adds the prostitution of a child less than 17 by a parent, guardian or person charged with the custody of such child, to class B felony of promoting prostitution 1st degree

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S1991 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9518
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง230.32, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2114
2013-2014: S2244, A2412
2015-2016: S1109, A95
2017-2018: S231, A2127

2011-S1991 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes within the class B felony of promoting prostitution in the first degree, the knowing advancement or profiting from the prostitution of a child less than 17 years old by such child's parent, guardian or other person charged with the custody and care of the child.

2011-S1991 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1991 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1991

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  GOLDEN,  BONACIC,  DeFRANCISCO, JOHNSON, LAVALLE,
  NOZZOLIO, ZELDIN -- 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 including within the
  offense of promoting prostitution in the first degree,  the  prostitu-
  tion  of a child by a parent, guardian or person charged with the care
  and custody of the child

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 230.32 of the penal law, as added by chapter 627 of
the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
S 230.32 Promoting prostitution in the first degree.
  A  person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the first degree when
[he]:
  1. HE OR SHE knowingly advances or  profits  from  prostitution  of  a
[person] CHILD less than eleven years old[.]; OR
  2. BEING THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED WITH THE
CARE  AND  CUSTODY  OF  A CHILD LESS THAN SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD, HE OR SHE
KNOWINGLY ADVANCES OR PROFITS FROM PROSTITUTION OF SUCH CHILD.
  Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class B felony.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
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.
                                                           LBD04240-01-1

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