Senate Bill S1053A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the crime of voyeurism

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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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2021-S1053 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2386
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§250.51 & 250.52, amd §250.65, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6703, A8649
2023-2024: S2301, A3909

2021-S1053 - Summary

Establishes the crime of voyeurism in the first and second degree which is defined as when someone for their own amusement, entertainment, profit, sexual arousal or sexual gratification trespasses for the purpose of viewing a person dressing or undressing or the sexual or other intimate parts of such person at a place and time when such person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, without such person's knowledge or consent.

2021-S1053 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1053 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1053
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MAYER, GAUGHRAN, THOMAS -- 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 crime  of
   voyeurism in the first and second degree
 
   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 two new sections  250.51
 and 250.52 to read as follows:
 § 250.51 VOYEURISM IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF VOYEURISM IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN:
   1. FOR HIS OR HER OWN AMUSEMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, PROFIT, SEXUAL AROUSAL
 OR  SEXUAL  GRATIFICATION,  OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEGRADING OR ABUSING A
 PERSON, HE OR SHE INTENTIONALLY VIEWS, WITHOUT THE  USE  OF  AN  IMAGING
 DEVICE,  A PERSON DRESSING OR UNDRESSING OR THE SEXUAL OR OTHER INTIMATE
 PARTS OF SUCH PERSON AT A PLACE AND TIME WHEN SUCH PERSON HAS A  REASON-
 ABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY, WITHOUT SUCH PERSON'S KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT;
 OR
   2. (A) FOR NO LEGITIMATE PURPOSE, HE OR SHE INTENTIONALLY VIEWS, WITH-
 OUT  THE USE OF AN IMAGING DEVICE, A PERSON IN A BEDROOM, CHANGING ROOM,
 FITTING ROOM, RESTROOM, TOILET, BATHROOM, WASHROOM, SHOWER OR  ANY  ROOM
 ASSIGNED  TO  GUESTS  OR  PATRONS IN A MOTEL, HOTEL OR INN, WITHOUT SUCH
 PERSON'S KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WHEN A PERSON VIEWS A PERSON
 WITHOUT THE USE OF AN  IMAGING  DEVICE  IN  A  BEDROOM,  CHANGING  ROOM,
 FITTING  ROOM,  RESTROOM, TOILET, BATHROOM, WASHROOM, SHOWER OR ANY ROOM
 ASSIGNED TO GUESTS OR PATRONS IN A HOTEL,  MOTEL  OR  INN,  THERE  IS  A
 REBUTTABLE  PRESUMPTION  THAT  SUCH  PERSON  DID  SO  FOR  NO LEGITIMATE
 PURPOSE; OR
   3. FOR HIS OR HER OWN AMUSEMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, PROFIT, SEXUAL AROUSAL
 OR GRATIFICATION, OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEGRADING OR ABUSING  A  PERSON,
 THE  ACTOR  INTENTIONALLY  VIEWS,  WITHOUT THE USE OF AN IMAGING DEVICE,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-S1053A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2386
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§250.51 & 250.52, amd §250.65, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6703, A8649
2023-2024: S2301, A3909

2021-S1053A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of voyeurism in the first and second degree which is defined as when someone for their own amusement, entertainment, profit, sexual arousal or sexual gratification trespasses for the purpose of viewing a person dressing or undressing or the sexual or other intimate parts of such person at a place and time when such person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, without such person's knowledge or consent.

2021-S1053A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1053A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1053--A
     Cal. No. 364
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MAYER, ADDABBO, GAUGHRAN, GOUNARDES, THOMAS -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accord-
   ance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  -- reported favorably from said
   committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered  to  a  third
   reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place in the
   order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime  of
   voyeurism in the first and second degree
 
   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 two new sections  250.51
 and 250.52 to read as follows:
 § 250.51 VOYEURISM IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF VOYEURISM IN THE SECOND DEGREE WHEN:
   1. FOR HIS OR HER OWN AMUSEMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, PROFIT, SEXUAL AROUSAL
 OR  SEXUAL  GRATIFICATION,  OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEGRADING OR ABUSING A
 PERSON, HE OR SHE TRESPASSES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 140.05 OF THIS PART,
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF VIEWING A PERSON DRESSING OR UNDRESSING OR THE SEXUAL
 OR OTHER INTIMATE PARTS OF SUCH PERSON AT A PLACE  AND  TIME  WHEN  SUCH
 PERSON  HAS  A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF SECTION 250.40 OF THIS ARTICLE, WITHOUT SUCH PERSON'S  KNOW-
 LEDGE OR CONSENT; OR
   2. FOR HIS OR HER OWN AMUSEMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, PROFIT, SEXUAL AROUSAL
 OR  SEXUAL  GRATIFICATION,  OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEGRADING OR ABUSING A
 PERSON, THE ACTOR TRESPASSES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 140.05 OF THIS PART,
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF VIEWING A PERSON IN AN IDENTIFIABLE  MANNER  ENGAGING
 IN  SEXUAL  CONDUCT,  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION 130.00 OF
 THIS PART, AT A PLACE AND TIME WHEN SUCH PERSON HAS A REASONABLE  EXPEC-
 TATION  OF  PRIVACY,  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 250.40 OF
 THIS ARTICLE, WITHOUT SUCH PERSON'S KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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