Assembly Bill A1818

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates crime of exploitive child modeling or employment in any medium including on the internet

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A1818 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §263.00, add §263.12, Pen L

2009-A1818 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates crime of exploitive child modeling or employment in any medium including on the website; defines "exploitive child modeling"; applies to minors under 17 and is a class E felony.

2009-A1818 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1818

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PHEFFER,  CYMBROWITZ,  GIANARIS,  MAYERSOHN,
  P. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ALFANO,  BRENNAN,  ENGLE-
  BRIGHT,  GALEF,  MILLMAN, PRETLOW, ROBINSON, TOWNS, WEISENBERG, WRIGHT
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exploitive child modeling

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 263.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 9 to read as follows:
  9. "EXPLOITIVE CHILD MODELING" MEANS THE DISPLAY OF  A  MINOR  THROUGH
ANY  MEDIUM  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO A WEBSITE WITHOUT A DIRECT OR
INDIRECT PURPOSE OF MARKETING A PRODUCT OR SERVICE OTHER THAN THE MINOR.
  S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 263.12  to  read
as follows:
S 263.12 PROMOTING EXPLOITIVE CHILD MODELING OR EMPLOYMENT.
  A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF PROMOTING EXPLOITIVE CHILD MODELING OR EMPLOY-
MENT WHEN HE OR SHE DISPLAYS THE IMAGE OF A CHILD THROUGH ANY MEDIUM  OR
EMPLOYS  A  CHILD  IN EXPLOITIVE CHILD MODELING WHO HAS NOT ATTAINED THE
AGE OF SEVENTEEN YEARS, WITH THE INTENT TO MAKE A FINANCIAL GAIN  THERE-
BY,  OR  OFFERS  TO PROVIDE AN IMAGE OF SUCH CHILD OR EMPLOYS SUCH CHILD
WITH THE INTENT TO MAKE A FINANCIAL GAIN THEREBY, WITHOUT  A  DIRECT  OR
INDIRECT  PURPOSE  OF MARKETING A PRODUCT OR SERVICE OTHER THAN AN IMAGE
OF A CHILD MODEL OR EMPLOYING AN EXPLOITIVE CHILD MODEL.
  PROMOTING EXPLOITIVE CHILD MODELING OR EMPLOYMENT IS A CLASS E FELONY.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05321-01-9

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