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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8609: Enacts the "victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act"

Passed both chambers Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 8609 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on December 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the "victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act". Primary sponsor: Zellnor Myrie (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 5, 2026): RETURNED TO SENATE.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 1 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Zellnor MyriePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. RETURNED TO SENATE
  2. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  3. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.574
  4. SUBSTITUTED FOR A9214A
  5. REFERRED TO CODES
  6. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  7. PASSED SENATE
  8. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8609A
  9. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  10. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  11. 1ST REPORT CAL.205
  12. REFERRED TO CODES

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source