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Jun 13, 2012 |
referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1206 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs returned to senate died in assembly |
May 25, 2011 |
referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 23, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
May 18, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
May 17, 2011 |
1st report cal.762 |
May 09, 2011 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
Senate Bill S5337
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
2011-S5337 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S5337 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5337 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the military law, the civil rights law and the penal law, in relation to unauthorized use of names and images of members of the armed forces or organized militia of New York PURPOSE: To ensure that the name, image, or likeness of any member of the military is not used for commercial purposes, without the permission of that member of the armed forces or his or her family if the individual is deceased. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would amend the military law, the civil rights law, and the penal law, to establish a crime for the use, for commercial purposes, of the name, image, or likeness of any current or former member of the armed forces or state militia. Living individuals protected by this act may give permission for their name, image, or likeness to be used. Similarly, the family of deceased individuals protected by this act may also give permission.
2011-S5337 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5337 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 9, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the military law, the civil rights law and the penal law, in relation to unauthorized use of names and images of members of the armed forces or organized militia of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The military law is amended by adding a new section 267 to read as follows: S 267. RIGHT OF PRIVACY OF MILITARY PERSONNEL. A PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION THAT USES FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES, OR FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRADE, THE NAME, PORTRAIT OR PICTURE OF ANY MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OR ORGANIZED MILITIA OF NEW YORK, LIVING OR DECEASED, WITHOUT HAVING FIRST OBTAINED THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF SUCH PERSON IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED OF HIS OR HER SURVIVING RELATIVES INCLUDING ANY SPOUSE, CHIL- DREN, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND SIBLINGS, IS GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY. S 2. Section 50 of the civil rights law is amended to read as follows: S 50. Right of privacy. 1. A person, firm or corporation that uses for advertising purposes, or for the purposes of trade, the name, portrait or picture of any living person without having first obtained the writ- ten consent of such person, or if a minor of his or her parent or guard- ian, is guilty of a CLASS A misdemeanor. 2. A PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION THAT USES FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES, OR FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRADE, THE NAME, PORTRAIT OR PICTURE OF ANY MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OR ORGANIZED MILITIA OF NEW YORK, LIVING OR DECEASED, WITHOUT HAVING FIRST OBTAINED THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF SUCH PERSON IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED OF HIS OR HER SURVIVING RELATIVES INCLUDING ANY SPOUSE, CHILDREN, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND SIBLINGS, IS GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11264-01-1
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