STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7818--B 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 25, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Economic Development in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to promoting the education of the human trafficking information and referral hotlines to assist individuals from becoming or freeing them- selves from any act of severe forms of sex trafficking The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. For the past several years, the toll- 2 free telephone number of the National Human Trafficking hotline has been 3 posted on a New York state agency website and those locations where 4 victims may be present, including adult or sexually-oriented businesses, 5 have been encouraged to voluntarily display information posters. The 6 Hotline's 2019 data report shows that bars and strip clubs remain one of 7 the top three locations where sex and labor trafficking occurs. Most of 8 these trafficking victims are young women, the majority of whom arrive 9 from other countries. In order to combat this scourge, numerous other 10 states have now made it a requirement for alcoholic beverage licensees 11 that operate sexually-oriented establishments to post information on how 12 to call, text or otherwise contact the hotline. This bill will enhance 13 New York state's efforts to fight sex and labor trafficking. 14 § 2. The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a new 15 section 65-e to read as follows: 16 § 65-e. Posting of signs relating to human trafficking. 1. The 17 authority shall require any person with a license to sell alcoholic 18 beverages for consumption on the premises who indicated, pursuant to 19 paragraph (f) of subdivision one of section one hundred ten of this EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06819-08-2A. 7818--B 2 1 chapter, that topless entertainment and/or exotic dancing, whether 2 topless or otherwise, including but not limited to, pole dancing and lap 3 dancing, would occur at the establishment, to display one or more signs 4 or posters designated by the authority. Any sign or poster so designated 5 shall meet the following specifications: 6 (a) Each sign or poster shall include information on human trafficking 7 and the toll free telephone number of the National Human Trafficking 8 hotline. The authority shall make any designated sign or poster avail- 9 able for download from its website or from one or more links posted on 10 its website or on the website of the office of temporary and disability 11 assistance as provided in section four hundred eighty-three-ff of the 12 social services law. 13 (b) (i) Any sign or poster must be at least eight and one-half inches 14 wide and eleven inches high. 15 (ii) If the National Human Trafficking hotline toll free number chang- 16 es, the authority shall notify each licensee that is subject to the 17 posting requirement of this section of the change and shall require the 18 display of one or more signs or posters with the new toll free number 19 within thirty days of such notification. 20 (iii) At a minimum, the licensee shall be required to display a bilin- 21 gual version of the sign or poster in English and Spanish or to display 22 one sign or poster in English and one sign or poster in Spanish. A 23 licensee may be required to display signs or posters in other languages 24 as determined by the authority. 25 (c) Any person with a license to sell alcoholic beverages for consump- 26 tion on the premises that is subject to the posting requirement of this 27 section shall display, in an upright position and in a conspicuous place 28 where it can be easily read by clientele and employees of the establish- 29 ment, any sign or poster required by the authority. 30 2. Any person with a license to sell alcoholic beverages for consump- 31 tion on the premises that is subject to the posting requirement of this 32 section who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to 33 a civil penalty, not to exceed one hundred dollars for each day of 34 violation. 35 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 36 have become a law.