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A02497 Summary:
BILL NO | A02497 |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | Hyndman |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add 260.07, Pen L | |
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Prohibits the sale or purchase of minor children; makes such crime a class B felony. |
A02497 Actions:
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01/19/2021 | referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/05/2022 | referred to codes |
A02497 Committee Votes:
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Go to topA02497 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2497 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 19, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to unlawfully buying or sell- ing a child The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 260.07 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 260.07 Unlawfully buying or selling a child. 4 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or purchase a minor 5 child. 6 2. It shall not be a violation of this section if the only consider- 7 ation paid by the person receiving or to receive the child is intended 8 to pay for the prenatal hospital or medical expenses involved in the 9 birth of the child, or attorneys' fees and court costs involved in 10 effectuating transfer of child custody consistent with the provisions of 11 subdivision six of section three hundred seventy-four of the social 12 services law. 13 Unlawfully buying or selling a child is a class B felony. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06655-01-1