NY State Senate Bill 2021-S6821

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to transportation
May 18, 2021	referred to transportation

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2021-S6821 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8045
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §224-b, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S2145, A3039

2021-S6821 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of DMV to establish a sex trafficking awareness and prevention program to provide education and awareness literature and educational materials to all drivers with a commercial motor vehicle license.

2021-S6821 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6821

SPONSOR: PERSAUD
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would require the Commissioner of the Department of Motor
Vehicles, in conjunction with New York State's Interagency Task Force on
Human Trafficking, and the Commissioners of the Department of Transpor-
tation and Division of Criminal Justice Services, respectively, to
develop and implement a sex trafficking awareness and prevention program
to provide education and awareness to all CDL bearing drivers.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 establishes requirements of the awareness and prevention
program and authorizes additional coordination in (1) collecting state-
wide data; (2) identifying state, federal and local programs for victims

and survivors; (3) consultation with stakeholders in developing addi-
tional programmatic recommendations; (4) measure and evaluate the
state's progress in prevention and serving justice; and (5) evaluate the
effectiveness of the program established by this bill. Also provided is
a requirement for annual reporting from NYS DMV as well as authority for
DMV to obtain information and data from any New York State government
entity.

Section 2 provides for an effective date after 90 days with the excep-
tion of subdivision (c) of section 1 will take effect after 180 days.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Despite a concerted multi-disciplinary effort to combat human traffick-
ing across the United States, New York State remains among the top five
states by cases reported. While a number of collaborative efforts have
occurred between transportation agencies and New York State's Inter-a-
gency Taskforce on Human Trafficking, no formal relationships exist.
Under this legislation, the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles will devel-
op a sex trafficking awareness and prevention program in conjunction
with the Inter-agency Task Force on Human Trafficking and the Department
of Transportation. Not only will this legislation result in increased
awareness among New York's CDL holders, it will also encourage more
robust communication and collaboration among agencies that can signif-
icantly advance efforts to combat human trafficking. Such collaboration
is a key recommendation in a recent US DOT publication "Combating Human
Trafficking" appearing in the Winter 2021 issue of Public Roads
(FHWA-HRT-21-002).

This bill recognizes the significant efforts to combat trafficking on
part of leaders in the private freight industry including, but not
limited to: Truckers Against Trafficking, Transportation Leaders Against
Human Trafficking and Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking. For
instance, Truckers Against Trafficking has provided training and
outreach to over 700,000 members of the industry (US DOT Advisory
Committee on Human Trafficking July 2019 Final Report).

New York State's vast multi-modal transportation sector plays a key role
in detecting and combatting trafficking, and this legislation will
ensure better coordination at the agency level. New York State's trans-
portation sector reflects its leading role as an international trans-
shipment and intermodal hub, not to mention a large consumer market. The
majority of trade between the United States and Canada passes between
New York's borders with the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec, connected
by 15 border crossings and myriad seaports. The Port of New York
receives international cargo from nearly every continent via air and
water for distribution across North America via rail, boat and truck.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is new legislation.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined subject to appropriation.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
90 days after becoming law with agency reporting requirements taking
effect after 180 days.

2021-S6821 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6821
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 18, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. PERSAUD, SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 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:
 
   Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
 section 224-b to read as follows:
   § 224-B. SEX TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND  PREVENTION  PROGRAM.  (A)  THE
 COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH THE INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON HUMAN
 TRAFFICKING, THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  DIVISION  OF  CRIMINAL  JUSTICE
 SERVICES  AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF TRANSPORTATION, SHALL DEVELOP A SEX
 TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAM. THE SEX TRAFFICKING AWARE-
 NESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAM SHALL BE  ESTABLISHED  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
 PROVIDING  EDUCATION AND AWARENESS FOR THE PREVENTION OF SEX TRAFFICKING
 IN THIS STATE. WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED, THE  PROGRAM  SHALL  PROVIDE
 EDUCATION  AND  AWARENESS  LITERATURE  AND  EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO ALL
 DRIVERS WITH A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 FIVE HUNDRED ONE-A OF THIS CHAPTER. THE MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT
 BE  LIMITED  TO, WARNING SIGNS OF POTENTIAL SEX TRAFFICKING AND ENTITIES
 TO WHOM A DRIVER MAY REPORT SUSPECTED ACTIVITY THAT MIGHT CONSTITUTE SEX
 TRAFFICKING.  THE COMMISSIONER MAY COORDINATE WITH THE INTERAGENCY  TASK
 FORCE  ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN PROVIDING RELEVANT LITERATURE AND MATERI-
 ALS TO SUCH DRIVERS.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER MAY ADDITIONALLY COORDINATE WITH THE  INTERAGENCY
 TASK FORCE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING: (I) TO COLLECT AND ORGANIZE DATA ON THE
 NATURE  AND EXTENT OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE STATE; (II) TO IDEN-
 TIFY AVAILABLE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE SERVICES  TO
 VICTIMS  OF  TRAFFICKING; (III) TO CONSULT WITH GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GO-
 VERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN  DEVELOPING  RECOMMENDATIONS  TO  STRENGTHEN
 STATE  AND  LOCAL  EFFORTS  TO  PREVENT TRAFFICKING; (IV) TO MEASURE AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11380-01-1

 S. 6821                             2
 
 EVALUATE THE STATE'S PROGRESS IN PREVENTING TRAFFICKING, AND PROSECUTING
 PERSONS ENGAGED IN TRAFFICKING; AND (V) TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
 THE SEX TRAFFICKING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAM.
   (C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REPORT ANNUALLY ON THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVE-
 NESS IN ITS ANNUAL REPORT.
   (D)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, "INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON HUMAN
 TRAFFICKING" SHALL MEAN THE INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON HUMAN  TRAFFICKING
 ESTABLISHED  BY  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-THREE-EE  OF  THE SOCIAL
 SERVICES LAW.
   (E) TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY
 REQUEST  AND SHALL RECEIVE FROM ANY DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BOARD, BUREAU,
 COMMISSION OR OTHER AGENCY OF THE STATE OR ANY  STATE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITY
 SUCH ASSISTANCE, INFORMATION AND DATA AS WILL ENABLE THE SEX TRAFFICKING
 AWARENESS  AND  PREVENTION  PROGRAM TO PROPERLY CARRY OUT ITS POWERS AND
 DUTIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a law; provided, however, subdivision (c) of section 224-b
 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section  one  of  this  act,
 shall  take  effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have
 become a law. Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.

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Senate Bill S6821

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

co-Sponsors

2021-S6821 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S6821 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S6821 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6821 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Roxanne J. Persaud

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

co-Sponsors

Susan Serino

2021-S6821 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S6821 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S6821 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6821 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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