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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to individuals engaged in prostitution who are victims of or witnesses to a crime"
+description: "Provides immunity from prosecution for certain individuals engaged in prostitution who are victims of or witnesses to a crime and who report such crime or assist in the investigation or prosecution."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 3967"
+citation: "New York S 3967 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Luis R. Sepúlveda"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-12-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a97feb9-b648-4c46-bb60-a4e7a3242684"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3967"
+source_hash: "97487fdbc45deb27d5f2da291ce60ae81446c0f92cd3e1cfea26305e25811352"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 3967 (2025-2026) — Relates to individuals engaged in prostitution who are victims of or witnesses to a crime
+
+Provides immunity from prosecution for certain individuals engaged in prostitution who are victims of or witnesses to a crime and who report such crime or assist in the investigation or prosecution.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S3967** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3967&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **S3967A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3967A)
+3. **S3967B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3967B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Codes Vote - Version: A — **11–2** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **59–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Luis R. Sepúlveda — primary (person)
+- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — cosponsor (person)
+- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean Murray — cosponsor (person)
+- Gustavo Rivera — cosponsor (person)
+- James Sanders Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- José M. Serrano — cosponsor (person)
+- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
+- Leroy Comrie — cosponsor (person)
+- Liz Krueger — cosponsor (person)
+- Mario Mattera — cosponsor (person)
+- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas F. O'Mara — cosponsor (person)
+- Zellnor Myrie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-25** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-25** PRINT NUMBER 3967A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-20** 1ST REPORT CAL.1252
+- **2025-05-21** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2025-05-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2025-06-04** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3967B `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1029B
+- **2025-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.123
+- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.686 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a97feb9-b648-4c46-bb60-a4e7a3242684`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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