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NY S08446
Bill
Status
6/25/2025
Primary Sponsor
Robert Rolison
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AI Summary
- Creates new Class A-II felony offenses for "sex trafficking in a school zone" and "labor trafficking in a school zone" when trafficking occurs on school grounds during school hours or at official school functions
- Upgrades sex trafficking of a child from a Class B felony to a Class A-II felony
- Requires public and private schools to post warning signs about trafficking penalties at entrances and along school boundaries, with signs in English and Spanish
- Mandates human trafficking prevention education be included in driver education courses and awareness courses for nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics, and cosmetology licensees
- Requires tattoo studios, body piercing studios, and state parks to display National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline posters, with civil penalties up to $100 per day for non-compliance
- Takes effect January 1, 2026 and applies to offenses committed on or after that date
Legislative Description
Relates to human trafficking offenses and the classification of certain trafficking offenses; includes new offenses in existing provisions of law relating to registration, procedure, affirmative defenses, bail, loss of certain licenses, recovery by victims for trafficking offenses and definitions (Part A); requires the posting of signs at schools and the inclusion of human trafficking education in the driver's education course; requires the posting of signs relating to human trafficking in tattoo and body piercing studios and certain parks; requires education in human trafficking for persons working in nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology (Part B).
Last Action
REFERRED TO CODES
1/7/2026