Please find below a list of some of the bills Assemblywoman Amy Paulin has passed that relate to women’s issues.  Two bills that are particularly noteworthy , Bill # S8441 and Bill # S4066, relate to the elimination or extension of the statute of limitations for rape and keeping firearms out of the hands of those who commit domestic violence.

Title: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law, in relation to creating the “peace at home” distinctive license plate program and the “domestic violence awareness fund”
Bill #: S7769
Year: 2002
Purpose: To create a distinctive license plate, “Peace at Home,” to increase public awareness of domestic violence and to generate funds for public awareness and education activities

Title: An act to amend the family court act, in relation to the duration of orders of protection
Bill #: S5532
Year: 2003
Purpose: This bill increases the maximum duration of orders of protection issued in a family offense proceeding by a family court and provides that a violation of a valid order of protection constitutes aggravating circumstances.  It therefore gives a court greater discretion in issuing orders to protect victims of domestic violence.

Title: An act to amend the criminal procedure law and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to eliminating and extending the statute of limitations for rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree and course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree
Bill #: S844
Year: 2006
Purpose: Extends indefinitely the time to commence a criminal prosecution for the crimes of rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree and course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree, and extends from one year to five years the time to commence a civil action for acts constituting these crimes

Title:  An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to final orders of protection
Bill #: A9907A
Year: 2006
Purpose:  To amend certain sections of the criminal procedure law with respect to the duration of orders of protection, providing for a duration of up to eight years.

Title: An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to revocation, ineligibility, and surrender of firearm licenses and firearms due to a prior willful failure to obey an order of protection or a current willful violation of an existing order of protection by the infliction of physical injury on another person
Bill #: S4066
Year: 2007
Purpose: This bill is meant to protect victims of domestic violence by preventing gun violence. This bill seeks to minimize the risk that a person who has violated a previous or current order of protection will subsequently injure someone with a firearm despite the existence of a current order of protection prohibiting such conduct. 

Title: An act to amend the education law, in relation to referrals for physical therapy
Bill #: A2139A
Year: 2007
Purpose:  To allow licensed midwives to refer their patients to physical therapists

Title: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to public education and outreach about cesarean birthing procedures
Bill #: A7674B
Year: 2008
Purpose:  This bill helps to educate the public about health risks, benefits and choices with regard to birthing procedures

Title: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to residential services for victims of domestic violence
Bill #: A10228
Year: 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this bill is to permit all victims, including non-qualified aliens, to be eligible for emergency domestic violence residential services

Title: An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the timeliness of prosecutions
Bill #: S7712A
Year: 2008
Purpose: To close a loophole that was unintentionally created by Chapter 3 of the laws of 2006 by adding “sodomy in the first degree as formerly defined in section 130.50 of the penal law”, fulfilling the original intention of Chapter 3: to remove the statute of limitations for certain crimes.

Title: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting employers from discriminating against victims of domestic violence or stalking based upon status as a domestic violence victim
Bill #: A755A
Year: 2009
Purpose: To help protect victims of domestic violence or stalking from discrimination with regard to hiring and employment practices so they may have the ability to deal with the unique circumstances of their lives, achieve financial independence from their abuser and participate more fully in the economy

Title: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated sexual abuse
Bill #: A8781
Year: 2009
Purpose: To make the aggravated sexual abuse statutes consistent with the criminal sexual act statutes by adding the word “anus” to the list of certain parts of the body of a victim

Title: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to expanding the definition of sexual contact in regard to sex offenses and making technical corrections to such provisions
Bill #: A9938A
Year: 2010
Purpose: To include, in the definition of “sexual contact,” the emitting of ejaculate onto the victim

Title: An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to determining the expiration date of an order of protection
Bill #: A88
Year: 2011
Purpose: This bill amends certain sections of the criminal procedure law with respect to entering an order of protection upon sentencing.  

Title: An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to certain domestic violence offenses
Bill #: A698D
Year: 2011
Purpose: To provide that pertinent information regarding misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence is transmitted to the federal bureau of investigation for purposes of determining whether a person is disqualified from purchasing a firearm under federal law based on a conviction for a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

Title: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the duties of the professional conduct officer, applicable state board for the profession, or the office of professional discipline to report potential criminal conduct to the appropriate law enforcement official or authority
Bill #: A10336B
Year: 2012
Purpose: The bill establishes the obligation of the professional conduct officer or the office of professional discipline to notify law enforcement if the professional conduct officer or his or her designee designated to investigate a complaint of professional misconduct of a licensed health care provider or licensed mental health care provider determines that there is a reasonable belief that an act that constitutes a sex offense identified in paragraph (h) of subdivision 3 of section 130.05 of the Penal Law has been committed by the licensee against a client or patient during a treatment session, consultation, interview, or examination. 

This Bill was Vetoed. Title: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to temporary approval of certain programs operated pursuant to the federal special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children
Bill #: A9847A
Year: 2012
Purpose: This legislation will provide for temporary approval of applications to operate a WICs program, if the applicant currently operates another approved program. The WIC program provides significant nourishment to women, infants and children who may not be able to afford the food products that are offered in this program for their families. 

Title: An act to amend the domestic relations law and the social services law, in relation to visitation and custody rights of a parent convicted of sexual assault
Bill #: S5069A
Year: 2013
Purpose: To restrict parental rights of sexual perpetrators when a child is born as a result of sexual offenses. 

Title: An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the treatment of certain juveniles for certain prostitution offenses
Bill #: A8071A
Year: 2013
Purpose: This bill would bring some parity between those under and over the age of sixteen who are arrested for alleged acts of prostitution.

Title:  An act to amend the penal law, in relation to unlawful surveillance
Bill #: S1982C
Year: 2014
Purpose: This bill provides that a person could be charged if they disseminate an image of an individual engaged in sexual conduct regardless of whether their own sexual parts were broadcast.

Title: An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to waiving certain fees for victims of sex trafficking
Bill #: S6803
Year: 2014
Purpose: To waive the mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee when the court finds the defendant is a victim of sex trafficking.

Title: An act to amend the criminal procedure law and the penal law, in relation to the treatment of certain persons aged sixteen or seventeen for certain prostitution offenses
Bill #: A8749A
Year: 2014
Purpose: This bill builds upon the 2013 law to clarify the alternatives available to a person aged sixteen or seventeen charged with prostitution or loitering for the purposes of prostitution, provided the person is not charged with loitering for the purpose of patronizing a prostitute, and the consequences of each alternative.

Title: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to health care and wellness education and outreach programs for victims of sex offenses or victims of child pornography promotion
Bill #: A86
Year: 2015
Purpose: To educate the public about the availability of counseling programs, education programs and advocacy services provided at no cost by govern- mental agencies and not-for-profit organizations for victims of sexual offenses and for victims of child pornography promotion and possession.

Title: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to public education and outreach about female genital mutilation
Bill #: A134
Year: 2015
Purpose: To increase public awareness and educate the public regarding the physical, sexual and psychological consequences of undergoing female genital mutilation, including through “vacation cutting” in which young women are sent out of state to undergo the procedure, typically during school vacations. Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to a harmful traditional practice primarily on girls under the age of 18 and that consists of procedures performed on the female genitalia without a medical purpose.

Title: An act to amend the penal law, the criminal procedure law, the social services law, the civil practice law and rules, the mental hygiene law, the correction law, the vehicle and traffic law, the public health law, the real property actions and proceedings law, and the real property law, in relation to enacting the “trafficking victims protection and justice act”; to amend the penal law, in relation to prostitution in a school zone; to amend chapter 74 of the laws of 2007 amending the penal law, the criminal procedure law, the correction law, the social services law, and the executive law relating to human trafficking, in relation to extending the interagency task force on human trafficking for four years; and to amend the executive law, in relation to human trafficking awareness
Bill #: S7
Year: 2015
Purpose: This bill would improve the State’s response to human trafficking and increase the accountability of buyers and traffickers

Title: An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to determining the expiration date of an order of protection
Bill #: A1797A
Year: 2015
Purpose: This bill would amend certain sections of the criminal procedure law with respect to the duration of orders of protection issued in relation to a family offense.

Title: An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to exempting victims of sex trafficking from the DNA databank fee
Bill #: A2469A
Year: 2015
Purpose: To waive the DNA databank fee in addition to the mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee for persons convicted where the arresting charge is loitering for prostitution or prostitution or when the court finds the defendant is a victim of sex trafficking

Title: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to facilitating female genital mutilation
Bill #: A47A
Year: 2016
Purpose: To strengthen current law to address facilitation of female genital mutilation

Title: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to identification and assessment of human trafficking victims
Bill #: A8650B
Year: 2016
Purpose: To require hospitals, public health centers, diagnostic centers, treatment centers and outpatient departments to establish and implement written policies and procedures for the identification, assessment and treatment or referral of persons suspected as human trafficking victims, and to require specified personnel in the service units of such facilities that include certain areas to complete training regarding such policies and procedures

Title: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to allowing social services districts to offer participants in public assistance employment programs an option to complete a course in financial literacy and personal finance
Bill #: A474A
Year: 2017
Purpose: Provides that social service districts may require, on a case-by-case basis, those who are collecting Temporary Assistance for Needy Families(TANF) benefits to participate in a course of instruction in financial literacy and personal finance, with such instruction counting toward meeting the 30-hour work requirement or as an educational activity. The purpose of this provision is to encourage women recipients of TANF to pursue and be able to secure certain nontraditional careers that pay above average salaries.

Title: An act to amend the election law, in relation to the confidentiality of registration records for victims of domestic violence
Bill #: S6749
Year: 2017
Purpose: To ensure that voter registration and other records relating to a victim of domestic violence are kept confidential.

Title: An act to amend the criminal procedure law and the judiciary law, in relation to human trafficking courts
Bill #: S7836
Year: 2018
Purpose: To allow any county, outside of a city having a population of one million or more, the ability to move an action pending in a local criminal court to a court of special concern based upon the status of the defendants or the victim as a victim of domestic violence.

Title: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of sex trafficking of a child and in relation to promoting prostitution; to amend the penal law, the correction law, the criminal procedure law, the social services law, the vehicle and traffic law, the administrative code of the city of New York, the family court act, the mental hygiene law, the public health law, the executive law, and the general business law, in relation to making technical corrections concerning sex trafficking of a child and promoting prostitution
Bill #: A6823C
Year: 2018
Purpose: To establish the crime of sex trafficking of a child.

Title: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to information concerning services for human trafficking victims
Bill #: A10425A
Year: 2018
Purpose: To require lodging facilities to provide information concerning services for human trafficking victims in certain public spaces of the lodging facilities