Senate Bill S999

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the misdemeanors of unlawful publication of an intimate image of a minor in the first and second degrees

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  • 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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2019-S999 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §250.40, add §§250.70 & 250.75, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7335
2015-2016: S2068
2017-2018: S525

2019-S999 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the misdemeanors of unlawful publication of an intimate image of a minor in the first and second degrees.

2019-S999 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S999 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    999
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. YOUNG, FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crimes of
   unlawful publication of an intimate image of a minor in the first  and
   second degrees

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading and the opening  paragraph  of  section
 250.40 of the penal law, as added by chapter 69 of the laws of 2003, are
 amended to read as follows:
   Unlawful surveillance AND PUBLICATION; definitions.
   The  following  definitions  shall  apply  to sections 250.45, 250.50,
 250.55 [and], 250.60, 250.70 AND 250.75 of this article:
   § 2. The penal law is amended by adding two new  sections  250.70  and
 250.75 to read as follows:
 §  250.70  UNLAWFUL  PUBLICATION  OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE OF A MINOR IN THE
            SECOND DEGREE.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE  OF  A
 MINOR  IN  THE  SECOND DEGREE WHEN, HE OR SHE INTENTIONALLY PUBLISHES AN
 IMAGE OR IMAGES OF THE SEXUAL OR OTHER INTIMATE PARTS OF A  MINOR  UNDER
 THE AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS WITHOUT EXPLICIT CONSENT OF THE PARENT OR GUAR-
 DIAN OF SUCH MINOR TO PUBLISH SUCH IMAGE.
   UNLAWFUL  PUBLICATION  OF  AN  INTIMATE IMAGE OF A MINOR IN THE SECOND
 DEGREE IS A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR.
 § 250.75 UNLAWFUL PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE OF  A  MINOR  IN  THE
            FIRST DEGREE.
   A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE OF A
 MINOR IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS THE CRIME  OF  UNLAWFUL
 PUBLICATION OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE OF A MINOR IN THE SECOND DEGREE AND HAS
 PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED WITHIN THE PAST TEN YEARS OF UNLAWFUL PUBLICA-
 TION OF AN INTIMATE IMAGE OF A MINOR IN THE FIRST OR SECOND DEGREE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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