New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A9214: Enacts the "victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act"
Status: In committee, June 5, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to enacting the "victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act".
From the amended text, February 19, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to enacting the "victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act". § 2. The first undesignated paragraph of section 230.05 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in the second degree when, being eighteen years old or more, [he or she] SUCH PERSON patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than [fifteen] EIGHTEEN years old. § 3. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 230.06 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, are amended to read as follows: 1. [He or she] SUCH PERSON patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than eleven years old; or 2. Being eighteen years old or more, [he or she] SUCH PERSON patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than [thirteen] FIFTEEN years old. § 4. The first undesignated paragraph of section 230.11 of …
Sponsors
- Amy Paulin (D, 88) · primary sponsor
- Jeffrey Dinowitz (D, 81)
- Andrew Hevesi (D, 28)
- Nily Rozic (D, 25)
- Charles Lavine (D, 13)
- Karines Reyes (D, 87)
- Michaelle Solages (D, 22)
- Linda Rosenthal (D, 67)
- Catalina Cruz (D, 39)
- Deborah Glick (D, 66)
- William Magnarelli (D, 129)
- Angelo Santabarbara (D, 111)
Latest actions
- : SUBSTITUTED BY S8609A
- : ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.574
- : RULES REPORT CAL.574
- : REPORTED
- : REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
- : REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS
- : PRINT NUMBER 9214A
- : AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
- : REFERRED TO CODES
- : REFERRED TO CODES
Votes
- Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules (June 5, 2026): 31 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable (June 5, 2026): 29 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Penal Law
Common questions
- What is A9214?
- A9214 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Enacts the "victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act".
- What does A9214 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to enacting the "victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act".
- What is the status of A9214?
- In committee as of June 5, 2026. Latest action: SUBSTITUTED BY S8609A (June 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored A9214?
- Amy Paulin (D, 88), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A9214?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9214
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