NY State Assembly Bill 2019-A2056B

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Mar 06, 2019	enacting clause stricken recommitted to codes
Feb 12, 2019	amended on third reading 2056b
Jan 31, 2019	advanced to third reading cal.27
Jan 28, 2019	reported
Jan 24, 2019	print number 2056a
Jan 24, 2019	amend and recommit to codes
Jan 22, 2019	referred to codes

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2019-A2056 - Details

Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Add §245.15, Pen L; amd §530.11, CP L; amd §812, Fam Ct Act; add §52-b, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: A11188

2019-A2056 - Summary

Establishes the crime of unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image and creates a private right of action for such crime.

2019-A2056 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2056
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, GUNTHER, WEPRIN, PAULIN -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the criminal procedure  law,  the  family
   court  act  and  the civil rights law, in relation to establishing the
   crime of unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image

   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 245.15 to
 read as follows:
 § 245.15 UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE.
   1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION  OF  AN
 INTIMATE IMAGE WHEN:
   (A)  WITH INTENT TO CAUSE MATERIAL HARM TO THE EMOTIONAL, FINANCIAL OR
 PHYSICAL WELFARE OF ANOTHER PERSON, HE OR SHE INTENTIONALLY DISSEMINATES
 OR PUBLISHES A STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE OF SUCH OTHER PERSON, WHO  IS  IDEN-
 TIFIABLE  FROM  THE  STILL  OR  VIDEO  IMAGE  ITSELF OR FROM INFORMATION
 DISPLAYED IN CONNECTION WITH THE STILL  OR  VIDEO  IMAGE,  WITHOUT  SUCH
 OTHER PERSON'S CONSENT, WHICH DEPICTS:
   (I) AN UNCLOTHED OR EXPOSED INTIMATE PART OF SUCH OTHER PERSON; OR
   (II) SUCH OTHER PERSON ENGAGING IN SEXUAL CONDUCT AS DEFINED IN SUBDI-
 VISION TEN OF SECTION 130.00 OF THIS CHAPTER WITH ANOTHER PERSON; AND
   (B)  SUCH  STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE WAS TAKEN UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN THE
 PERSON DEPICTED HAD A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY  AND  THE  ACTOR
 KNEW  OR  REASONABLY  SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE PERSON DEPICTED INTENDED FOR
 THE STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE TO REMAIN PRIVATE INDEFINITELY,  REGARDLESS  OF
 WHETHER THE ACTOR WAS PRESENT WHEN THE STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE WAS TAKEN.
   2.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "INTIMATE PART" MEANS THE NAKED GENI-
 TALS, PUBLIC AREA, ANUS OR FEMALE NIPPLE OF THE PERSON.
   2-A. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "DISSEMINATE"  AND  "PUBLISH"  SHALL
 HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 250.40 OF THIS TITLE.
   3. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06276-02-9

 A. 2056                             2
 
   (A) THE REPORTING OF UNLAWFUL CONDUCT;
   (B)  DISSEMINATION  OR  PUBLICATION  OF  AN INTIMATE IMAGE MADE DURING
 LAWFUL AND COMMON PRACTICES OF LAW  ENFORCEMENT,  LEGAL  PROCEEDINGS  OR
 MEDICAL TREATMENT;
   (C) IMAGES INVOLVING VOLUNTARY EXPOSURE IN A COMMERCIAL SETTING;
   (D)  DISSEMINATION  OR  PUBLICATION  OF  AN  INTIMATE IMAGE MADE FOR A
 LEGITIMATE PUBLIC PURPOSE;
   (E) PROVIDERS OF AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE FOR  IMAGES  PROVIDED
 BY  ANOTHER  PERSON.    FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "INTERACTIVE
 COMPUTER SERVICE" SHALL MEAN: ANY INFORMATION SERVICE, SYSTEM OR  ACCESS
 SOFTWARE  PROVIDER  THAT PROVIDES OR ENABLES COMPUTER ACCESS BY MULTIPLE
 USERS TO A COMPUTER SERVER, INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY A SERVICE  OR  SYSTEM
 THAT  PROVIDES  ACCESS  TO  THE  INTERNET  AND  SUCH SYSTEMS OPERATED OR
 SERVICES OFFERED BY LIBRARIES OR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
   UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE IS A  CLASS
 A MISDEMEANOR.
   §  2.  The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 530.11 of the
 criminal procedure law, as amended by section 4 of part NN of chapter 55
 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   The family court and the criminal courts shall have concurrent  juris-
 diction  over  any  proceeding  concerning  acts  which would constitute
 disorderly conduct, UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE
 IMAGE, harassment in the first degree, harassment in the second  degree,
 aggravated  harassment in the second degree, sexual misconduct, forcible
 touching, sexual abuse in the third degree, sexual abuse in  the  second
 degree  as  set  forth in subdivision one of section 130.60 of the penal
 law, stalking in the first degree, stalking in the second degree, stalk-
 ing in the  third  degree,  stalking  in  the  fourth  degree,  criminal
 mischief,  menacing  in the second degree, menacing in the third degree,
 reckless endangerment, strangulation in the first degree,  strangulation
 in  the second degree, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circu-
 lation, assault in the second degree, assault in the  third  degree,  an
 attempted assault, identity theft in the first degree, identity theft in
 the  second degree, identity theft in the third degree, grand larceny in
 the fourth degree, grand larceny in the third degree,  coercion  in  the
 second  degree  or coercion in the third degree as set forth in subdivi-
 sions one, two and three of section 135.60  of  the  penal  law  between
 spouses  or  former  spouses,  or  between  parent  and child or between
 members of the same family or household except that  if  the  respondent
 would not be criminally responsible by reason of age pursuant to section
 30.00  of  the  penal  law,  then  the family court shall have exclusive
 jurisdiction  over  such  proceeding.  Notwithstanding  a  complainant's
 election  to  proceed  in  family court, the criminal court shall not be
 divested of jurisdiction to hear a family offense proceeding pursuant to
 this  section.  For  purposes  of  this  section,  "disorderly  conduct"
 includes disorderly conduct not in a public place.  For purposes of this
 section,  "members  of  the  same family or household" with respect to a
 proceeding in the criminal courts shall mean the following:
   § 3. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1  of  section  812  of  the
 family  court  act,  as amended by section 5 of part NN of chapter 55 of
 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   The family court and the criminal courts shall have concurrent  juris-
 diction  over  any  proceeding  concerning  acts  which would constitute
 disorderly conduct, UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE
 IMAGE, harassment in the first degree, harassment in the second  degree,
 aggravated  harassment in the second degree, sexual misconduct, forcible

 A. 2056                             3
 
 touching, sexual abuse in the third degree, sexual abuse in  the  second
 degree  as  set  forth in subdivision one of section 130.60 of the penal
 law, stalking in the first degree, stalking in the second degree, stalk-
 ing  in  the  third  degree,  stalking  in  the  fourth degree, criminal
 mischief, menacing in the second degree, menacing in the  third  degree,
 reckless endangerment, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circu-
 lation,  strangulation  in the second degree, strangulation in the first
 degree, assault in the second degree, assault in the  third  degree,  an
 attempted assault, identity theft in the first degree, identity theft in
 the  second degree, identity theft in the third degree, grand larceny in
 the fourth degree, grand larceny in the third degree,  coercion  in  the
 second  degree  or coercion in the third degree as set forth in subdivi-
 sions one, two and three of section 135.60  of  the  penal  law  between
 spouses  or  former  spouses,  or  between  parent  and child or between
 members of the same family or household except that  if  the  respondent
 would not be criminally responsible by reason of age pursuant to section
 30.00  of  the  penal  law,  then  the family court shall have exclusive
 jurisdiction  over  such  proceeding.  Notwithstanding  a  complainant's
 election  to  proceed  in  family court, the criminal court shall not be
 divested of jurisdiction to hear a family offense proceeding pursuant to
 this section. In any proceeding pursuant to this article, a court  shall
 not  deny  an  order of protection, or dismiss a petition, solely on the
 basis that the acts or events alleged are not relatively contemporaneous
 with the date of the petition, the conclusion of the fact-finding or the
 conclusion of the dispositional hearing. For purposes of  this  article,
 "disorderly  conduct" includes disorderly conduct not in a public place.
 For purposes of this article, "members of the same family or  household"
 shall mean the following:
   §  4.  The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 52-b to
 read as follows:
   § 52-B. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICA-
 TION OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE. 1.  ANY PERSON DEPICTED IN A STILL  OR  VIDEO
 IMAGE,  REGARDLESS  OF  WHETHER OR NOT THE ORIGINAL STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE
 WAS CONSENSUALLY OBTAINED, SHALL HAVE A CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST AN INDI-
 VIDUAL WHO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF  HARASSING,  ANNOYING  OR  ALARMING  SUCH
 PERSON,  DISSEMINATED  OR  PUBLISHED,  OR  THREATENED  TO DISSEMINATE OR
 PUBLISH, SUCH STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE, WHERE SUCH IMAGE:
   A. WAS TAKEN WHEN SUCH PERSON HAD A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY;
 AND
   B. DEPICTS (I) AN UNCLOTHED OR EXPOSED INTIMATE PART OF  SUCH  PERSON;
 OR  (II)  SUCH PERSON ENGAGING IN SEXUAL CONDUCT, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION TEN OF SECTION 130.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, WITH ANOTHER PERSON; AND
   C. WAS DISSEMINATED OR PUBLISHED, OR THREATENED TO BE DISSEMINATED  OR
 PUBLISHED, WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF SUCH PERSON.
   2.  IN  ANY  ACTION  COMMENCED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS
 SECTION, THE FINDER OF FACT, IN ITS  DISCRETION,  MAY  AWARD  INJUNCTIVE
 RELIEF,  PUNITIVE  DAMAGES,  COMPENSATORY  DAMAGES  AND REASONABLE COURT
 COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES.
   3. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING:
   A. THE REPORTING OF UNLAWFUL CONDUCT;
   B. DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE STILL  OR  VIDEO  IMAGE
 MADE  DURING  LAWFUL  AND  COMMON  PRACTICES  OF  LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEGAL
 PROCEEDINGS OR MEDICAL TREATMENT;
   C. IMAGES INVOLVING VOLUNTARY EXPOSURE IN A COMMERCIAL SETTING;
   D. DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE STILL  OR  VIDEO  IMAGE
 MADE FOR A LEGITIMATE PUBLIC PURPOSE; OR

 A. 2056                             4
 
   E. PROVIDERS OF AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE FOR IMAGES PROVIDED BY
 ANOTHER  PERSON.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "INTERACTIVE COMPUTER
 SERVICE" SHALL MEAN ANY INFORMATION SERVICE, SYSTEM OR  ACCESS  SOFTWARE
 PROVIDER THAT ENABLES COMPUTER ACCESS BY MULTIPLE USERS TO THAT COMPUTER
 SERVER,  INCLUDING  SPECIFICALLY,  A SERVICE THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE
 INTERNET AND SUCH SYSTEMS OPERATED OR SERVICES OFFERED BY  LIBRARIES  OR
 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
   4.  ANY  PERSON  DEPICTED  IN  A  STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE THAT DEPICTS AN
 UNCLOTHED OR EXPOSED INTIMATE PART OF SUCH PERSON, OR SUCH PERSON ENGAG-
 ING IN SEXUAL CONDUCT AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION 130.00 OF
 THE PENAL LAW WITH ANOTHER PERSON, WHICH IS  DISSEMINATED  OR  PUBLISHED
 WITHOUT  THE  CONSENT OF SUCH PERSON AND WHERE SUCH PERSON HAD A REASON-
 ABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY, MAY MAINTAIN AN ACTION OR SPECIAL  PROCEED-
 ING FOR A COURT ORDER TO REQUIRE ANY WEBSITE THAT IS SUBJECT TO PERSONAL
 JURISDICTION  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  THIS  SECTION TO PERMANENTLY
 REMOVE SUCH STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE; ANY SUCH COURT ORDER GRANTED  PURSUANT
 TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  MAY  DIRECT  REMOVAL  ONLY  AS TO IMAGES THAT ARE
 REASONABLY WITHIN SUCH WEBSITE'S CONTROL.
   5. A. ANY WEBSITE THAT HOSTS OR TRANSMITS  A  STILL  OR  VIDEO  IMAGE,
 VIEWABLE  IN  THIS  STATE,  TAKEN  UNDER  CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE PERSON
 DEPICTED HAD A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY, WHICH DEPICTS:
   (I) AN UNCLOTHED OR EXPOSED  INTIMATE  PART,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 245.15 OF THE PENAL LAW, OF A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE; OR
   (II) A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE ENGAGING IN SEXUAL CONDUCT AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION  TEN OF SECTION 130.00 OF THE PENAL LAW WITH ANOTHER PERSON;
 AND
   B. SUCH STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE IS  HOSTED  OR  TRANSMITTED  WITHOUT  THE
 CONSENT  OF  SUCH  RESIDENT  OF THIS STATE, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO PERSONAL
 JURISDICTION IN A CIVIL ACTION IN  THIS  STATE  TO  THE  MAXIMUM  EXTENT
 PERMITTED UNDER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND FEDERAL LAW.
   6. A CAUSE OF ACTION OR SPECIAL PROCEEDING UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 COMMENCED THE LATER OF EITHER:
   A. THREE YEARS AFTER THE DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN IMAGE; OR
   B.  ONE  YEAR  FROM  THE DATE A PERSON DISCOVERS, OR REASONABLY SHOULD
 HAVE DISCOVERED, THE DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF SUCH IMAGE.
   7. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE READ TO REQUIRE A PRIOR CRIMINAL COMPLAINT,
 PROSECUTION OR CONVICTION TO ESTABLISH THE  ELEMENTS  OF  THE  CAUSE  OF
 ACTION PROVIDED FOR BY THIS SECTION.
   8.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION ARE IN ADDITION TO, BUT SHALL NOT
 SUPERSEDE, ANY OTHER RIGHTS OR REMEDIES AVAILABLE IN LAW OR EQUITY.
   9. IF ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR ITS APPLICATION TO  ANY  PERSON
 OR  CIRCUMSTANCE  IS HELD INVALID, THE INVALIDITY SHALL NOT AFFECT OTHER
 PROVISIONS OR APPLICATIONS OF THIS SECTION WHICH  CAN  BE  GIVEN  EFFECT
 WITHOUT  THE  INVALID  PROVISION  OR  APPLICATION,  AND  TO THIS END THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION ARE SEVERABLE.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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2019-A2056A - Details

Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Add §245.15, Pen L; amd §530.11, CP L; amd §812, Fam Ct Act; add §52-b, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: A11188

2019-A2056A - Summary

Establishes the crime of unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image and creates a private right of action for such crime.

2019-A2056A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2056--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, GUNTHER, WEPRIN, PAULIN -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the criminal procedure  law,  the  family
   court  act  and  the civil rights law, in relation to establishing the
   crime of unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image
 
   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 245.15 to
 read as follows:
 § 245.15 UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE.
   1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION  OF  AN
 INTIMATE IMAGE WHEN:
   (A)  WITH INTENT TO CAUSE MATERIAL HARM TO THE EMOTIONAL, FINANCIAL OR
 PHYSICAL WELFARE OF ANOTHER PERSON, HE OR SHE INTENTIONALLY DISSEMINATES
 OR PUBLISHES A STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE OF SUCH OTHER PERSON, WHO  IS  IDEN-
 TIFIABLE  FROM  THE  STILL  OR  VIDEO  IMAGE  ITSELF OR FROM INFORMATION
 DISPLAYED IN CONNECTION WITH THE STILL  OR  VIDEO  IMAGE,  WITHOUT  SUCH
 OTHER PERSON'S CONSENT, WHICH DEPICTS:
   (I) AN UNCLOTHED OR EXPOSED INTIMATE PART OF SUCH OTHER PERSON; OR
   (II) SUCH OTHER PERSON ENGAGING IN SEXUAL CONDUCT AS DEFINED IN SUBDI-
 VISION TEN OF SECTION 130.00 OF THIS CHAPTER WITH ANOTHER PERSON; AND
   (B)  SUCH  STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE WAS TAKEN UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN THE
 PERSON DEPICTED HAD A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY  AND  THE  ACTOR
 KNEW  OR  REASONABLY  SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE PERSON DEPICTED INTENDED FOR
 THE STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE TO REMAIN PRIVATE INDEFINITELY,  REGARDLESS  OF
 WHETHER THE ACTOR WAS PRESENT WHEN THE STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE WAS TAKEN.
   2.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "INTIMATE PART" MEANS THE NAKED GENI-
 TALS, PUBIC AREA, ANUS OR FEMALE NIPPLE OF THE PERSON.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06276-04-9

 A. 2056--A                          2
 
   2-A. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "DISSEMINATE"  AND  "PUBLISH"  SHALL
 HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 250.40 OF THIS TITLE.
   3. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) THE REPORTING OF UNLAWFUL CONDUCT;
   (B)  DISSEMINATION  OR  PUBLICATION  OF  AN INTIMATE IMAGE MADE DURING
 LAWFUL AND COMMON PRACTICES OF LAW  ENFORCEMENT,  LEGAL  PROCEEDINGS  OR
 MEDICAL TREATMENT;
   (C) IMAGES INVOLVING VOLUNTARY EXPOSURE IN A COMMERCIAL SETTING;
   (D)  DISSEMINATION  OR  PUBLICATION  OF  AN  INTIMATE IMAGE MADE FOR A
 LEGITIMATE PUBLIC PURPOSE;
   (E) PROVIDERS OF AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE FOR  IMAGES  PROVIDED
 BY  ANOTHER  PERSON.    FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "INTERACTIVE
 COMPUTER SERVICE" SHALL MEAN: ANY INFORMATION SERVICE, SYSTEM OR  ACCESS
 SOFTWARE  PROVIDER  THAT PROVIDES OR ENABLES COMPUTER ACCESS BY MULTIPLE
 USERS TO A COMPUTER SERVER, INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY A SERVICE  OR  SYSTEM
 THAT  PROVIDES  ACCESS  TO  THE  INTERNET  AND  SUCH SYSTEMS OPERATED OR
 SERVICES OFFERED BY LIBRARIES OR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
   UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE IS A  CLASS
 A MISDEMEANOR.
   §  2.  The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 530.11 of the
 criminal procedure law, as amended by section 4 of part NN of chapter 55
 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   The family court and the criminal courts shall have concurrent  juris-
 diction  over  any  proceeding  concerning  acts  which would constitute
 disorderly conduct, UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE
 IMAGE, harassment in the first degree, harassment in the second  degree,
 aggravated  harassment in the second degree, sexual misconduct, forcible
 touching, sexual abuse in the third degree, sexual abuse in  the  second
 degree  as  set  forth in subdivision one of section 130.60 of the penal
 law, stalking in the first degree, stalking in the second degree, stalk-
 ing in the  third  degree,  stalking  in  the  fourth  degree,  criminal
 mischief,  menacing  in the second degree, menacing in the third degree,
 reckless endangerment, strangulation in the first degree,  strangulation
 in  the second degree, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circu-
 lation, assault in the second degree, assault in the  third  degree,  an
 attempted assault, identity theft in the first degree, identity theft in
 the  second degree, identity theft in the third degree, grand larceny in
 the fourth degree, grand larceny in the third degree,  coercion  in  the
 second  degree  or coercion in the third degree as set forth in subdivi-
 sions one, two and three of section 135.60  of  the  penal  law  between
 spouses  or  former  spouses,  or  between  parent  and child or between
 members of the same family or household except that  if  the  respondent
 would not be criminally responsible by reason of age pursuant to section
 30.00  of  the  penal  law,  then  the family court shall have exclusive
 jurisdiction  over  such  proceeding.  Notwithstanding  a  complainant's
 election  to  proceed  in  family court, the criminal court shall not be
 divested of jurisdiction to hear a family offense proceeding pursuant to
 this  section.  For  purposes  of  this  section,  "disorderly  conduct"
 includes disorderly conduct not in a public place.  For purposes of this
 section,  "members  of  the  same family or household" with respect to a
 proceeding in the criminal courts shall mean the following:
   § 3. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1  of  section  812  of  the
 family  court  act,  as amended by section 5 of part NN of chapter 55 of
 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   The family court and the criminal courts shall have concurrent  juris-
 diction  over  any  proceeding  concerning  acts  which would constitute

 A. 2056--A                          3
 
 disorderly conduct, UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE
 IMAGE, harassment in the first degree, harassment in the second  degree,
 aggravated  harassment in the second degree, sexual misconduct, forcible
 touching,  sexual  abuse in the third degree, sexual abuse in the second
 degree as set forth in subdivision one of section 130.60  of  the  penal
 law, stalking in the first degree, stalking in the second degree, stalk-
 ing  in  the  third  degree,  stalking  in  the  fourth degree, criminal
 mischief, menacing in the second degree, menacing in the  third  degree,
 reckless endangerment, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circu-
 lation,  strangulation  in the second degree, strangulation in the first
 degree, assault in the second degree, assault in the  third  degree,  an
 attempted assault, identity theft in the first degree, identity theft in
 the  second degree, identity theft in the third degree, grand larceny in
 the fourth degree, grand larceny in the third degree,  coercion  in  the
 second  degree  or coercion in the third degree as set forth in subdivi-
 sions one, two and three of section 135.60  of  the  penal  law  between
 spouses  or  former  spouses,  or  between  parent  and child or between
 members of the same family or household except that  if  the  respondent
 would not be criminally responsible by reason of age pursuant to section
 30.00  of  the  penal  law,  then  the family court shall have exclusive
 jurisdiction  over  such  proceeding.  Notwithstanding  a  complainant's
 election  to  proceed  in  family court, the criminal court shall not be
 divested of jurisdiction to hear a family offense proceeding pursuant to
 this section. In any proceeding pursuant to this article, a court  shall
 not  deny  an  order of protection, or dismiss a petition, solely on the
 basis that the acts or events alleged are not relatively contemporaneous
 with the date of the petition, the conclusion of the fact-finding or the
 conclusion of the dispositional hearing. For purposes of  this  article,
 "disorderly  conduct" includes disorderly conduct not in a public place.
 For purposes of this article, "members of the same family or  household"
 shall mean the following:
   §  4.  The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 52-b to
 read as follows:
   § 52-B. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICA-
 TION OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE. 1.  ANY PERSON DEPICTED IN A STILL  OR  VIDEO
 IMAGE,  REGARDLESS  OF  WHETHER OR NOT THE ORIGINAL STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE
 WAS CONSENSUALLY OBTAINED, SHALL HAVE A CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST AN INDI-
 VIDUAL WHO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF  HARASSING,  ANNOYING  OR  ALARMING  SUCH
 PERSON,  DISSEMINATED  OR  PUBLISHED,  OR  THREATENED  TO DISSEMINATE OR
 PUBLISH, SUCH STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE, WHERE SUCH IMAGE:
   A. WAS TAKEN WHEN SUCH PERSON HAD A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY;
 AND
   B. DEPICTS (I) AN UNCLOTHED OR EXPOSED INTIMATE PART OF  SUCH  PERSON;
 OR  (II)  SUCH PERSON ENGAGING IN SEXUAL CONDUCT, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION TEN OF SECTION 130.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, WITH ANOTHER PERSON; AND
   C. WAS DISSEMINATED OR PUBLISHED, OR THREATENED TO BE DISSEMINATED  OR
 PUBLISHED, WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF SUCH PERSON.
   2.  IN  ANY  ACTION  COMMENCED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS
 SECTION, THE FINDER OF FACT, IN ITS  DISCRETION,  MAY  AWARD  INJUNCTIVE
 RELIEF,  PUNITIVE  DAMAGES,  COMPENSATORY  DAMAGES  AND REASONABLE COURT
 COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES.
   3. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING:
   A. THE REPORTING OF UNLAWFUL CONDUCT;
   B. DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE STILL  OR  VIDEO  IMAGE
 MADE  DURING  LAWFUL  AND  COMMON  PRACTICES  OF  LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEGAL
 PROCEEDINGS OR MEDICAL TREATMENT;

 A. 2056--A                          4
 
   C. IMAGES INVOLVING VOLUNTARY EXPOSURE IN A COMMERCIAL SETTING;
   D.  DISSEMINATION  OR  PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE
 MADE FOR A LEGITIMATE PUBLIC PURPOSE; OR
   E. PROVIDERS OF AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE FOR IMAGES PROVIDED BY
 ANOTHER PERSON. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  PARAGRAPH,  "INTERACTIVE  COMPUTER
 SERVICE"  SHALL  MEAN ANY INFORMATION SERVICE, SYSTEM OR ACCESS SOFTWARE
 PROVIDER THAT ENABLES COMPUTER ACCESS BY MULTIPLE USERS TO THAT COMPUTER
 SERVER, INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY, A SERVICE THAT PROVIDES  ACCESS  TO  THE
 INTERNET  AND  SUCH SYSTEMS OPERATED OR SERVICES OFFERED BY LIBRARIES OR
 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
   4. ANY PERSON DEPICTED IN A STILL  OR  VIDEO  IMAGE  THAT  DEPICTS  AN
 UNCLOTHED OR EXPOSED INTIMATE PART OF SUCH PERSON, OR SUCH PERSON ENGAG-
 ING IN SEXUAL CONDUCT AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION 130.00 OF
 THE  PENAL  LAW  WITH ANOTHER PERSON, WHICH IS DISSEMINATED OR PUBLISHED
 WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF SUCH PERSON AND WHERE SUCH PERSON HAD  A  REASON-
 ABLE  EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY, MAY MAINTAIN AN ACTION OR SPECIAL PROCEED-
 ING FOR A COURT ORDER TO REQUIRE ANY WEBSITE THAT IS SUBJECT TO PERSONAL
 JURISDICTION UNDER SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  THIS  SECTION  TO  PERMANENTLY
 REMOVE  SUCH STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE; ANY SUCH COURT ORDER GRANTED PURSUANT
 TO THIS SUBDIVISION MAY DIRECT  REMOVAL  ONLY  AS  TO  IMAGES  THAT  ARE
 REASONABLY WITHIN SUCH WEBSITE'S CONTROL.
   5.  A.  ANY  WEBSITE  THAT  HOSTS OR TRANSMITS A STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE,
 VIEWABLE IN THIS STATE,  TAKEN  UNDER  CIRCUMSTANCES  WHERE  THE  PERSON
 DEPICTED HAD A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY, WHICH DEPICTS:
   (I)  AN  UNCLOTHED  OR  EXPOSED  INTIMATE  PART, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 245.15 OF THE PENAL LAW, OF A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE; OR
   (II) A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE ENGAGING IN SEXUAL CONDUCT AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION 130.00 OF THE PENAL LAW WITH ANOTHER  PERSON;
 AND
   B.  SUCH  STILL  OR  VIDEO  IMAGE IS HOSTED OR TRANSMITTED WITHOUT THE
 CONSENT OF SUCH RESIDENT OF THIS STATE, SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  PERSONAL
 JURISDICTION  IN  A  CIVIL  ACTION  IN  THIS STATE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
 PERMITTED UNDER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND FEDERAL LAW.
   6. A CAUSE OF ACTION OR SPECIAL PROCEEDING UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 COMMENCED THE LATER OF EITHER:
   A. THREE YEARS AFTER THE DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN IMAGE; OR
   B. ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE A PERSON  DISCOVERS,  OR  REASONABLY  SHOULD
 HAVE DISCOVERED, THE DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF SUCH IMAGE.
   7. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE READ TO REQUIRE A PRIOR CRIMINAL COMPLAINT,
 PROSECUTION  OR  CONVICTION  TO  ESTABLISH  THE ELEMENTS OF THE CAUSE OF
 ACTION PROVIDED FOR BY THIS SECTION.
   8. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION ARE IN ADDITION TO,  BUT  SHALL  NOT
 SUPERSEDE, ANY OTHER RIGHTS OR REMEDIES AVAILABLE IN LAW OR EQUITY.
   9.  IF  ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR ITS APPLICATION TO ANY PERSON
 OR CIRCUMSTANCE IS HELD INVALID, THE INVALIDITY SHALL NOT  AFFECT  OTHER
 PROVISIONS  OR  APPLICATIONS  OF  THIS SECTION WHICH CAN BE GIVEN EFFECT
 WITHOUT THE INVALID PROVISION  OR  APPLICATION,  AND  TO  THIS  END  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION ARE SEVERABLE.
   §  5.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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2019-A2056B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Add §245.15, Pen L; amd §530.11, CP L; amd §812, Fam Ct Act; add §52-b, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: A11188

2019-A2056B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image and creates a private right of action for such crime.

2019-A2056B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2056--B
                                                          Cal. No. 27
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN,  GUNTHER,  WEPRIN, PAULIN, OTIS,
   BUTTENSCHON, M. L. MILLER -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
   on  Codes  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported from  committee,
   advanced  to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place on the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the criminal procedure  law,  the  family
   court  act  and  the civil rights law, in relation to establishing the
   crime of unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image
 
   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 245.15 to
 read as follows:
 § 245.15 UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE.
   1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION  OF  AN
 INTIMATE IMAGE WHEN:
   (A)  WITH INTENT TO CAUSE HARM TO THE EMOTIONAL, FINANCIAL OR PHYSICAL
 WELFARE OF ANOTHER PERSON,  HE  OR  SHE  INTENTIONALLY  DISSEMINATES  OR
 PUBLISHES  A STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE OF SUCH OTHER PERSON, WHO IS IDENTIFI-
 ABLE FROM THE STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE ITSELF OR FROM INFORMATION  DISPLAYED
 IN CONNECTION WITH THE STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE, WITHOUT SUCH OTHER PERSON'S
 CONSENT, WHICH DEPICTS:
   (I) AN UNCLOTHED OR EXPOSED INTIMATE PART OF SUCH OTHER PERSON; OR
   (II) SUCH OTHER PERSON ENGAGING IN SEXUAL CONDUCT AS DEFINED IN SUBDI-
 VISION TEN OF SECTION 130.00 OF THIS CHAPTER WITH ANOTHER PERSON; AND
   (B)  SUCH  STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE WAS TAKEN UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN THE
 PERSON DEPICTED HAD A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY AND THE  DEFEND-
 ANT  KNEW  OR  REASONABLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE PERSON DEPICTED INTENDED
 FOR THE STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE TO REMAIN PRIVATE,  REGARDLESS  OF  WHETHER
 THE DEFENDANT WAS PRESENT WHEN THE STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE WAS TAKEN.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06276-09-9

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   2.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "INTIMATE PART" MEANS THE NAKED GENI-
 TALS, PUBIC AREA, ANUS OR FEMALE NIPPLE OF THE PERSON.
   2-A.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION "DISSEMINATE" AND "PUBLISH" SHALL
 HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 250.40 OF THIS TITLE.
   3. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) THE REPORTING OF UNLAWFUL CONDUCT;
   (B) DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF  AN  INTIMATE  IMAGE  MADE  DURING
 LAWFUL  AND  COMMON  PRACTICES  OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR
 MEDICAL TREATMENT;
   (C) IMAGES INVOLVING VOLUNTARY EXPOSURE  IN  A  PUBLIC  OR  COMMERCIAL
 SETTING;
   (D)  DISSEMINATION  OR  PUBLICATION  OF  AN  INTIMATE IMAGE MADE FOR A
 LEGITIMATE PUBLIC PURPOSE;
   (E) PROVIDERS OF AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE FOR  IMAGES  PROVIDED
 BY  ANOTHER  PERSON.    FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "INTERACTIVE
 COMPUTER SERVICE" SHALL MEAN: ANY INFORMATION SERVICE, SYSTEM OR  ACCESS
 SOFTWARE  PROVIDER  THAT PROVIDES OR ENABLES COMPUTER ACCESS BY MULTIPLE
 USERS TO A COMPUTER SERVER, INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY A SERVICE  OR  SYSTEM
 THAT  PROVIDES  ACCESS  TO  THE  INTERNET  AND  SUCH SYSTEMS OPERATED OR
 SERVICES OFFERED BY LIBRARIES OR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
   UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE IS A  CLASS
 A MISDEMEANOR.
   §  2.  The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 530.11 of the
 criminal procedure law, as amended by section 4 of part NN of chapter 55
 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   The family court and the criminal courts shall have concurrent  juris-
 diction  over  any  proceeding  concerning  acts  which would constitute
 disorderly conduct, UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE
 IMAGE, harassment in the first degree, harassment in the second  degree,
 aggravated  harassment in the second degree, sexual misconduct, forcible
 touching, sexual abuse in the third degree, sexual abuse in  the  second
 degree  as  set  forth in subdivision one of section 130.60 of the penal
 law, stalking in the first degree, stalking in the second degree, stalk-
 ing in the  third  degree,  stalking  in  the  fourth  degree,  criminal
 mischief,  menacing  in the second degree, menacing in the third degree,
 reckless endangerment, strangulation in the first degree,  strangulation
 in  the second degree, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circu-
 lation, assault in the second degree, assault in the  third  degree,  an
 attempted assault, identity theft in the first degree, identity theft in
 the  second degree, identity theft in the third degree, grand larceny in
 the fourth degree, grand larceny in the third degree,  coercion  in  the
 second  degree  or coercion in the third degree as set forth in subdivi-
 sions one, two and three of section 135.60  of  the  penal  law  between
 spouses  or  former  spouses,  or  between  parent  and child or between
 members of the same family or household except that  if  the  respondent
 would not be criminally responsible by reason of age pursuant to section
 30.00  of  the  penal  law,  then  the family court shall have exclusive
 jurisdiction  over  such  proceeding.  Notwithstanding  a  complainant's
 election  to  proceed  in  family court, the criminal court shall not be
 divested of jurisdiction to hear a family offense proceeding pursuant to
 this  section.  For  purposes  of  this  section,  "disorderly  conduct"
 includes disorderly conduct not in a public place.  For purposes of this
 section,  "members  of  the  same family or household" with respect to a
 proceeding in the criminal courts shall mean the following:

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   § 3. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1  of  section  812  of  the
 family  court  act,  as amended by section 5 of part NN of chapter 55 of
 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   The  family court and the criminal courts shall have concurrent juris-
 diction over any  proceeding  concerning  acts  which  would  constitute
 disorderly conduct, UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE
 IMAGE,  harassment in the first degree, harassment in the second degree,
 aggravated harassment in the second degree, sexual misconduct,  forcible
 touching,  sexual  abuse in the third degree, sexual abuse in the second
 degree as set forth in subdivision one of section 130.60  of  the  penal
 law, stalking in the first degree, stalking in the second degree, stalk-
 ing  in  the  third  degree,  stalking  in  the  fourth degree, criminal
 mischief, menacing in the second degree, menacing in the  third  degree,
 reckless endangerment, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circu-
 lation,  strangulation  in the second degree, strangulation in the first
 degree, assault in the second degree, assault in the  third  degree,  an
 attempted assault, identity theft in the first degree, identity theft in
 the  second degree, identity theft in the third degree, grand larceny in
 the fourth degree, grand larceny in the third degree,  coercion  in  the
 second  degree  or coercion in the third degree as set forth in subdivi-
 sions one, two and three of section 135.60  of  the  penal  law  between
 spouses  or  former  spouses,  or  between  parent  and child or between
 members of the same family or household except that  if  the  respondent
 would not be criminally responsible by reason of age pursuant to section
 30.00  of  the  penal  law,  then  the family court shall have exclusive
 jurisdiction  over  such  proceeding.  Notwithstanding  a  complainant's
 election  to  proceed  in  family court, the criminal court shall not be
 divested of jurisdiction to hear a family offense proceeding pursuant to
 this section. In any proceeding pursuant to this article, a court  shall
 not  deny  an  order of protection, or dismiss a petition, solely on the
 basis that the acts or events alleged are not relatively contemporaneous
 with the date of the petition, the conclusion of the fact-finding or the
 conclusion of the dispositional hearing. For purposes of  this  article,
 "disorderly  conduct" includes disorderly conduct not in a public place.
 For purposes of this article, "members of the same family or  household"
 shall mean the following:
   §  4.  The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 52-b to
 read as follows:
   § 52-B. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICA-
 TION OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE. 1.  ANY PERSON DEPICTED IN A STILL  OR  VIDEO
 IMAGE,  REGARDLESS  OF  WHETHER OR NOT THE ORIGINAL STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE
 WAS CONSENSUALLY OBTAINED, SHALL HAVE A CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST AN INDI-
 VIDUAL WHO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF  HARASSING,  ANNOYING  OR  ALARMING  SUCH
 PERSON,  DISSEMINATED  OR  PUBLISHED,  OR  THREATENED  TO DISSEMINATE OR
 PUBLISH, SUCH STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE, WHERE SUCH IMAGE:
   A. WAS TAKEN WHEN SUCH PERSON HAD A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY;
 AND
   B. DEPICTS (I) AN UNCLOTHED OR EXPOSED INTIMATE PART OF  SUCH  PERSON;
 OR  (II)  SUCH PERSON ENGAGING IN SEXUAL CONDUCT, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION TEN OF SECTION 130.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, WITH ANOTHER PERSON; AND
   C. WAS DISSEMINATED OR PUBLISHED, OR THREATENED TO BE DISSEMINATED  OR
 PUBLISHED, WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF SUCH PERSON.
   2.  IN  ANY  ACTION  COMMENCED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS
 SECTION, THE FINDER OF FACT, IN ITS  DISCRETION,  MAY  AWARD  INJUNCTIVE
 RELIEF,  PUNITIVE  DAMAGES,  COMPENSATORY  DAMAGES  AND REASONABLE COURT
 COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES.

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   3. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING:
   A. THE REPORTING OF UNLAWFUL CONDUCT;
   B.  DISSEMINATION  OR  PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE
 MADE DURING LAWFUL  AND  COMMON  PRACTICES  OF  LAW  ENFORCEMENT,  LEGAL
 PROCEEDINGS OR MEDICAL TREATMENT;
   C.  IMAGES  INVOLVING  VOLUNTARY  EXPOSURE  IN  A PUBLIC OR COMMERCIAL
 SETTING;
   D. DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE STILL  OR  VIDEO  IMAGE
 MADE FOR A LEGITIMATE PUBLIC PURPOSE; OR
   E. PROVIDERS OF AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE FOR IMAGES PROVIDED BY
 ANOTHER  PERSON.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "INTERACTIVE COMPUTER
 SERVICE" SHALL MEAN ANY INFORMATION SERVICE, SYSTEM OR  ACCESS  SOFTWARE
 PROVIDER THAT ENABLES COMPUTER ACCESS BY MULTIPLE USERS TO THAT COMPUTER
 SERVER,  INCLUDING  SPECIFICALLY,  A SERVICE THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE
 INTERNET AND SUCH SYSTEMS OPERATED OR SERVICES OFFERED BY  LIBRARIES  OR
 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
   4.  ANY  PERSON  DEPICTED  IN  A  STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE THAT DEPICTS AN
 UNCLOTHED OR EXPOSED INTIMATE PART OF SUCH PERSON, OR SUCH PERSON ENGAG-
 ING IN SEXUAL CONDUCT AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION 130.00 OF
 THE PENAL LAW WITH ANOTHER PERSON, WHICH IS  DISSEMINATED  OR  PUBLISHED
 WITHOUT  THE  CONSENT OF SUCH PERSON AND WHERE SUCH PERSON HAD A REASON-
 ABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY, MAY MAINTAIN AN ACTION OR SPECIAL  PROCEED-
 ING FOR A COURT ORDER TO REQUIRE ANY WEBSITE THAT IS SUBJECT TO PERSONAL
 JURISDICTION  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  THIS  SECTION TO PERMANENTLY
 REMOVE SUCH STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE; ANY SUCH COURT ORDER GRANTED  PURSUANT
 TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  MAY  DIRECT  REMOVAL  ONLY  AS TO IMAGES THAT ARE
 REASONABLY WITHIN SUCH WEBSITE'S CONTROL.
   5. A. ANY WEBSITE THAT HOSTS OR TRANSMITS  A  STILL  OR  VIDEO  IMAGE,
 VIEWABLE  IN  THIS  STATE,  TAKEN  UNDER  CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE PERSON
 DEPICTED HAD A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY, WHICH DEPICTS:
   (I) AN UNCLOTHED OR EXPOSED  INTIMATE  PART,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 245.15 OF THE PENAL LAW, OF A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE; OR
   (II) A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE ENGAGING IN SEXUAL CONDUCT AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION  TEN OF SECTION 130.00 OF THE PENAL LAW WITH ANOTHER PERSON;
 AND
   B. SUCH STILL OR VIDEO IMAGE IS  HOSTED  OR  TRANSMITTED  WITHOUT  THE
 CONSENT  OF  SUCH  RESIDENT  OF THIS STATE, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO PERSONAL
 JURISDICTION IN A CIVIL ACTION IN  THIS  STATE  TO  THE  MAXIMUM  EXTENT
 PERMITTED UNDER THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND FEDERAL LAW.
   6. A CAUSE OF ACTION OR SPECIAL PROCEEDING UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 COMMENCED THE LATER OF EITHER:
   A. THREE YEARS AFTER THE DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF AN IMAGE; OR
   B.  ONE  YEAR  FROM  THE DATE A PERSON DISCOVERS, OR REASONABLY SHOULD
 HAVE DISCOVERED, THE DISSEMINATION OR PUBLICATION OF SUCH IMAGE.
   7. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE READ TO REQUIRE A PRIOR CRIMINAL COMPLAINT,
 PROSECUTION OR CONVICTION TO ESTABLISH THE  ELEMENTS  OF  THE  CAUSE  OF
 ACTION PROVIDED FOR BY THIS SECTION.
   8.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION ARE IN ADDITION TO, BUT SHALL NOT
 SUPERSEDE, ANY OTHER RIGHTS OR REMEDIES AVAILABLE IN LAW OR EQUITY.
   9. IF ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR ITS APPLICATION TO  ANY  PERSON
 OR  CIRCUMSTANCE  IS HELD INVALID, THE INVALIDITY SHALL NOT AFFECT OTHER
 PROVISIONS OR APPLICATIONS OF THIS SECTION WHICH  CAN  BE  GIVEN  EFFECT
 WITHOUT  THE  INVALID  PROVISION  OR  APPLICATION,  AND  TO THIS END THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION ARE SEVERABLE.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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