Bill Text: NY S01641 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1641 (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 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CODES [S01641 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01641-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1641

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 14, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  SKOUFIS,  BENJAMIN,  KAMINSKY  --  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 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.
                                                                   LBD02752-01-1