NY State Assembly Bill A2056A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
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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A2056 - Details

Current Committee:
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

A2056 - Summary

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

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.

Co-Sponsors

A2056A - Details

Current Committee:
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

A2056A - Summary

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

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;

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  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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A2056B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
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

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.

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                    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.

A. 2056--B                          4

  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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