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S00618 Summary:

BILL NO	S00618
SAME AS	SAME AS A00253
SPONSOR	KLEIN
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd S230.07, Pen L
Establishes an affirmative defense against patronizing a prostitute.

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S00618 Actions:

BILL NO	S00618
01/05/2011	REFERRED TO CODES
01/04/2012	REFERRED TO CODES
06/21/2012	COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
06/21/2012	ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1524
06/21/2012	PASSED SENATE
06/21/2012	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/22/2012	referred to codes

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S00618 Floor Votes:

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S00618 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           618
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 5, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- 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 defenses against patroniz-
          ing a prostitute
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section 230.07 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 74
     2  of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 230.07 Patronizing a prostitute; defense.
     4    In any prosecution for patronizing a prostitute in the first or second
     5  degrees, it is [a] an affirmative defense that  the  defendant  did  not
     6  have reasonable grounds to believe that the person was less than the age
     7  specified.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00764-01-1

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