A 9214 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts the "victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act"

Summary

Enacts the "victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act" relating to increasing the age of victims of the patronizing, promoting, and compelling of prostitution.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Nov 3, 2025 Last action Jun 5, 2026

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A9214 → A9214A · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill amends New York's penal law to update the age thresholds and specific criminal provisions related to child sex trafficking and prostitution. The changes raise the age of protection in patronizing a minor from 17 to 18 years old and update the legal citations to reflect recent amendments to the penal code.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of protection for minors by raising the age threshold for aggravated patronizing of a minor for prostitution from under 17 to under 18 years old.

ELIGIBILITY

The age threshold for 'aggravated patronizing a minor for prostitution' was raised from less than seventeen years old to less than eighteen years old.

TECHNICAL

Legal citations were updated to reference Chapter 777 of the laws of 2023 instead of the previous 2015 chapter, reflecting prior legislative changes.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'compelling prostitution' was slightly reworded to clarify that abuse of a position of power applies to the vulnerability or dependency of the minor.

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Amendments

Jun 5, 2026

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

lower

Jun 4, 2026

Committee

REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 9214A

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO CODES

lower

Nov 3, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO CODES

lower

1 primary · 15 co-sponsors