Assembly Bill A2127

2017-2018 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 in the 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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2017-A2127 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S231
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §230.32, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2114
2011-2012: A9518, S1991
2013-2014: A2412, S2244
2015-2016: A95, S1109

2017-A2127 (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.

2017-A2127 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2127
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SIMANOWITZ, BRINDISI, JAFFEE, GUNTHER, BENEDETTO,
   COLTON,  ARROYO,  McDONALD,  M. G. MILLER,  BRAUNSTEIN,  JENNE, GALEF,
   WEPRIN, HOOPER, HEVESI, QUART, ORTIZ, SKOUFIS, MOSLEY, RAIA,  LUPINAC-
   CI,  TITONE,  KEARNS, FRIEND, DiPIETRO, CUSICK, MURRAY, MORELLE, RYAN,
   SIMOTAS,  RODRIGUEZ,  CRESPO,  MOYA,  DILAN,  OTIS,  JOYNER,  WOERNER,
   THIELE,  PAULIN  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. ABBATE, BARCLAY,
   CROUCH, CURRAN, FINCH, GARBARINO, GRAF, HIKIND, LOPEZ,  MAGEE,  McKEV-
   ITT,  McLAUGHLIN, MONTESANO, PERRY, SALADINO -- read once and referred
   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, the opening paragraph and  subdivisions  1  and  2  as
 amended  by  chapter  368  of  the  laws  of 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
 § 230.32 Promoting prostitution in the first degree.
   A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the first degree  when
 he or she:
   1.  knowingly  advances  or profits from prostitution of a person less
 than thirteen years old; or
   2. being twenty-one years old or more, he or she knowingly advances or
 profits from prostitution of a person less than fifteen years old[.]; OR
   3. 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.
   § 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

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