---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking to investigate connections between social media and human trafficking"
description: "Directs the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking to investigate connections between social media and human trafficking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 395"
citation: "New York S 395 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cordell Cleare"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c4ca104-142a-40f9-b650-45cccf4c2050"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S395"
source_hash: "3f6b78763fd06925e0b08c7a2f98f9dda2ec272dce0aaa299648d1e379509d75"
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 395 (2023-2024) — Directs the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking to investigate connections between social media and human trafficking

Directs the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking to investigate connections between social media and human trafficking.

## Version chain

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

1. **S395** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S395&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Social Services Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cordell Cleare — primary (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** 1ST REPORT CAL.212
- **2023-02-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-02-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-03-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-03-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-21** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5505
- **2023-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.357
- **2023-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-27** SIGNED CHAP.497 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c4ca104-142a-40f9-b650-45cccf4c2050`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).