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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).