A 3251 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts "Cecilia's act for rights in the sex trades" relating to the decriminalization of sex work; repealer

Summary

Enacts "Cecilia's act for rights in the sex trades"; decriminalizes certain prostitution offenses; amends provisions relating to prosecution of such offenses and vacating judgments.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Last action May 12, 2026

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What changed between versions

A3251 → A3251A · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill version adds several new sponsors to the legislation and updates the procedural history to reflect that the bill has been amended and reprinted. The substantive legal text regarding the decriminalization of sex work remains unchanged from the previous version.

Scope change

The scope of the law itself has not changed; only the list of legislators sponsoring the bill and the procedural status of the bill have been updated.

TECHNICAL

Added five new sponsors (Gallagher, Valdez, Levenberg, Raga, Moreno, Lee, Wright) to the list of Assembly members introducing the bill.

Updated the procedural header to indicate the bill was recommitted to the Committee on Codes after being amended and reprinted.

Changed the bill number identifier from '3251' to '3251--A' to reflect its amended status.

Floor votes