---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands the membership of the interagency task force on trafficking in persons"
description: "Expands the membership of the interagency task force on trafficking in persons to include the commissioner of the department of transportation, the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles and the executive director of the New York state thruway authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 181"
citation: "New York S 181 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roxanne J. Persaud"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-11-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95e080b2-8b8a-4402-8f2f-80ec08a05228"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S181"
source_hash: "9def9f2906d5991838c6149b6966d69c4bea32c23bcccee90e4cadb431734553"
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 181 (2025-2026) — Expands the membership of the interagency task force on trafficking in persons

Expands the membership of the interagency task force on trafficking in persons to include the commissioner of the department of transportation, the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles and the executive director of the New York state thruway authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **S181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S181&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Social Services Vote — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roxanne J. Persaud — primary (person)
- Christopher Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Dean Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Jamaal Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Monica Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.731
- **2025-04-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-05-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-05-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-05-14** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5311
- **2025-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.219
- **2025-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-12** SIGNED CHAP.498 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95e080b2-8b8a-4402-8f2f-80ec08a05228`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).