Bill Text: NY A07801 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7801 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes the crime of unlawful electronic transmission of sexually explicit visual material; makes such crime a class A misdemeanor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A07801 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07801-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7801

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 23, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the creation of the crimi-
          nal offense of unlawful electronic transmission of  sexually  explicit
          visual material

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 250.70  to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 250.70 Unlawful  electronic  transmission  of sexually explicit visual
     4             material.
     5    A person is guilty of unlawful  electronic  transmission  of  sexually
     6  explicit  visual  material if a person knowingly transmits by electronic
     7  means visual material that depicts any person engaging in sexual conduct
     8  or with a person's intimate parts exposed or depicts the  covered  geni-
     9  tals  of  a  male person that are in a discernibly turgid state and such
    10  visual material is not sent at  the  request  of  or  with  the  express
    11  consent  of  the recipient. For purposes of this section the term "inti-
    12  mate parts" means the naked genitals, pubic area, anus, or female  post-
    13  pubescent  nipple of the person and the term "sexual conduct" shall have
    14  the same meaning as defined in section 130.00 of this chapter.
    15    Unlawful electronic transmission of sexually explicit visual  material
    16  is a class A misdemeanor.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    18  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11821-01-9