Bill Text: NY S00525 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 525 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00525 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00525-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           525
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 4, 2017
                                       ___________
        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:
     1    Section 1. The section heading and the opening  paragraph  of  section
     2  250.40 of the penal law, as added by chapter 69 of the laws of 2003, are
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    Unlawful surveillance and publication; definitions.
     5    The  following  definitions  shall  apply  to sections 250.45, 250.50,
     6  250.55 [and], 250.60, 250.70 and 250.75 of this article:
     7    § 2. The penal law is amended by adding two new  sections  250.70  and
     8  250.75 to read as follows:
     9  §  250.70  Unlawful  publication  of an intimate image of a minor in the
    10             second degree.
    11    A person is guilty of unlawful publication of an intimate image  of  a
    12  minor  in  the  second degree when, he or she intentionally publishes an
    13  image or images of the sexual or other intimate parts of a  minor  under
    14  the age of sixteen years without explicit consent of the parent or guar-
    15  dian of such minor to publish such image.
    16    Unlawful  publication  of  an  intimate image of a minor in the second
    17  degree is a class B misdemeanor.
    18  § 250.75 Unlawful publication of an intimate image of  a  minor  in  the
    19             first degree.
    20    A  person  is guilty of unlawful publication of an intimate image of a
    21  minor in the first degree when he or she commits the crime  of  unlawful
    22  publication of an intimate image of a minor in the second degree and has
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05755-01-7

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     1  previously been convicted within the past ten years of unlawful publica-
     2  tion of an intimate image of a minor in the first or second degree.
     3    Unlawful  publication  of  an  intimate  image of a minor in the first
     4  degree is a class A misdemeanor.
     5    § 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed to impose liability on  an
     6  interactive computer service for content provided by another person. The
     7  term  "interactive  computer  service"  means  any  information service,
     8  system, or access software provider that provides  or  enables  computer
     9  access  by multiple users to a computer server, including specifically a
    10  service or system that provides access to the Internet and such  systems
    11  operated or services offered by libraries or educational institutions.
    12    § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    13  it shall have become a law.