 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6169
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 26, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense
          of migrant trafficking
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  This  act  shall  be  known and may be cited as the "stop
     2  migrant trafficking act".
     3    § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 135.38  to  read
     4  as follows:
     5  § 135.38 Migrant trafficking.
     6    1. A person is guilty of migrant trafficking if such person engages in
     7  any scheme, plan or pattern to transport an undocumented immigrant from:
     8    (a)  any  location  outside of New York state to a location within New
     9  York state with the intent of dropping such person off  in  any  munici-
    10  pality  or federal property located wholly within New York state bounda-
    11  ries; or
    12    (b) any location within New York state to another location within  New
    13  York  state  with  the intent of dropping such person off in any munici-
    14  pality or federal property located wholly within New York state  bounda-
    15  ries.
    16    2.  As used in this section, "person" means a natural person, a compa-
    17  ny, society, association, corporation, manager, contractor,  subcontrac-
    18  tor,  partnership,  bureau,  agency,  service,  office  or  the agent or
    19  employee of the foregoing.
    20    Migrant trafficking is a class C felony.
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    22  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    23  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    24  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    25  on or before such effective date.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08699-01-5
Establishing the offense of migrant trafficking

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