---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the definition of designated offender"
description: "Specifies that a person convicted of prostitution, or a person whose participation in the offense is determined by a court to be a result of having been a victim of sex trafficking is excluded from the definition of designated offender."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 118"
citation: "New York A 118 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcb34334-fd9c-4ad6-bf87-3a2bcbf50c4a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A118"
source_hash: "1c8a69fac5c821754a546a99ec22c51553cc4beb9a2e21430ef4dcc5b50d7ced"
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 A 118 (2021-2022) — Relates to the definition of designated offender

Specifies that a person convicted of prostitution, or a person whose participation in the offense is determined by a court to be a result of having been a victim of sex trafficking is excluded from the definition of designated offender.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A118&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A118A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A118A)
3. **A118B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A118B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **106–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** PRINT NUMBER 118A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24** REPORTED
- **2021-03-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.190
- **2021-05-25** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 118B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6185A
- **2021-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1746
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.715 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcb34334-fd9c-4ad6-bf87-3a2bcbf50c4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).