Bill Text: NY A00733 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to criminal liability for persons living with sexually transmitted infections who engage in sexual activity; repeals provisions relating to persons knowing themselves to be infected with venereal disease.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - referred to codes [A00733 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A00733-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           733

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, GLICK, ROSENTHAL, BORES, SIMON,
          EPSTEIN, SEAWRIGHT, SIMONE, FORREST, CRUZ,  KELLES,  BURDICK,  TAYLOR,
          RAGA,  LEE, SHIMSKY, CLARK, OTIS, GALLAGHER, SHRESTHA, MAMDANI -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  criminal
          liability  for persons living with sexually transmitted infections who
          engage in sexual activity; and to repeal section 2307  of  the  public
          health  law relating to persons knowing themselves to be infected with
          venereal disease

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 2307 of the public health law is REPEALED.
     2    §  2. Subdivision 3 of section 160.50 of the criminal procedure law is
     3  amended by adding a new paragraph (m) to read as follows:
     4     (m) the conviction was for the violation of former  section  2307  of
     5  the public health law.
     6    §  3.  This  act  shall  take effect immediately and no prosecution or
     7  action shall be commenced or continued pursuant to section 2307  of  the
     8  public  health law as repealed pursuant to section one of this act on or
     9  after such date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02064-01-5