Bill Text: NY S01247 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes that the promotion of prostitution of a child less than eighteen years old by a parent or guardian of such child is a Class B felony.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S01247 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S01247-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1247
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 28, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. THOMPSON, DUANE, FOLEY, C. JOHNSON, ONORATO -- 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 making the prostitution of
a child by a parent or guardian a class B felony
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 230.32 of the penal law, as added by chapter 627 of
2 the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
3 S 230.32 Promoting prostitution in the first degree.
4 A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the first degree when:
5 1. he OR SHE knowingly advances or profits from prostitution of a
6 person less than eleven years old[.]; OR
7 2. BEING A PARENT, GUARDIAN OR OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED WITH THE
8 CARE AND CUSTODY OF A CHILD LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, HE OR SHE
9 KNOWINGLY ADVANCES OR PROFITS FROM PROSTITUTION OF SUCH CHILD.
10 Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class B felony.
11 S 2. This act shall take effect the first of November next succeeding
12 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.
LBD04704-01-9
