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Assembly Bill A8181

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Creates the offense of unlawful dissemination of lewd images

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2013-A8181 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง250.62, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A4723

2013-A8181 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the offense of unlawful dissemination of lewd images; prohibits the sale, publication or distribution of images in which a person is in a stage of full or partial undress without their consent.

2013-A8181 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8181

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             October 4, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. MOYA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to creating  the  offense  of
  unlawful dissemination of lewd images

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

  Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 250.62  to
read as follows:
S 250.62 UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OF LEWD IMAGES.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OF LEWD IMAGES WHEN:
  1.  HE OR SHE SELLS, PUBLISHES OR DISTRIBUTES IMAGES OF ANOTHER, IDEN-
TIFIABLE PERSON, WHO IS IN A STATE OF FULL OR  PARTIAL  UNDRESS  IN  ANY
AREA  WHICH  THE  PERSON BEING PHOTOGRAPHED OR RECORDED HAS A REASONABLE
EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY, WHERE THE PERSON BEING PHOTOGRAPHED OR  RECORDED
DID NOT CONSENT TO THE DISSEMINATION OF SUCH IMAGES.
  2.  NOTHING  IN THIS SECTION PRECLUDES PUNISHMENT UNDER ANY SECTION OF
LAW PROVIDING FOR GREATER PUNISHMENT.
  UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OF LEWD IMAGES IS A CLASS E FELONY.
  S 2. 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.
                                                           LBD11839-01-3

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