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A 6169: Criminalizes the act of engaging in any scheme, plan or pattern to transport an undocumented immigrant from any location outside of New York state to a location within New York state with the intent of dropping such person off in any municipality or federal property located wholly within New York state boundaries or to transport an undocumented immigrant from any location within New York state to another location within New York state with the intent of dropping such person off in any municipality or federal property located wholly within New York state boundaries.
What A 6169 does, verified January 9, 2026
The Stop Migrant Trafficking Act aims to establish a new offense of migrant trafficking in New York State. A person can be guilty of migrant trafficking if they engage in a scheme to transport an undocumented immigrant from outside the state to within the state, or within the state to another location, with the intent of dropping them off in a municipality or federal property within the state boundaries. The offense is punishable as a class C felony. The law will take effect on the 90th day after it becomes a law, and rules and regulations necessary for implementation can be made effective immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to codes (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6169
- What is the current status of A 6169?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 6169 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to codes".
- Did A 6169 pass?
- Not yet. A 6169 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6169, and where is it now?
- A 6169 was authored by Asm. John Lemondes with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Codes.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to codes |
| May. 13, 2025 | held for consideration in codes |
| Feb. 26, 2025 | referred to codes |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 26, 2025 · 349 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6169 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 26, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense of migrant trafficking The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "stop 2 migrant trafficking act". 3 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 135.38 to read 4 as follows: 5 § 135.38 Migrant trafficking. 6 1. A person is guilty of migrant trafficking if such person engages in 7 any scheme, plan or pattern to transport an undocumented immigrant from: 8 (a) any location outside of New York state to a location within New 9 York state with the intent of dropping such person off in any munici- 10 pality or federal property located wholly within New York state bounda- 11 ries; or 12 (b) any location within New York state to another location within New 13 York state with the intent of dropping such person off in any munici- 14 pality or federal property located wholly within New York state bounda- 15 ries. 16 2. As used in this section, "person" means a natural person, a compa- 17 ny, society, association, corporation, manager, contractor, subcontrac- 18 tor, partnership, bureau, agency, service, office or the agent or 19 employee of the foregoing. 20 Migrant trafficking is a class C felony. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 22 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 23 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 24 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 25 on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08699-01-5
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