Includes in class A misdemeanor of dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image in the second degree, the dissemination of an image of a person to a computer network internet website that is obscene, without the consent or knowledge of the person in the image.

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S743A-2011 Actions

• Jun 18, 2012: referred to codes
• Jun 18, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 18, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 18, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1270
• Jun 18, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CODES
• Jun 24, 2011: COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 14, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Jun 13, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jun 7, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.1063
• May 19, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 743A
• May 19, 2011: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO CODES

S743A-2011 Meetings

Codes: Jun 7, 2011, Rules: Jun 18, 2012, Rules: Jun 21, 2012

S743A-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 14, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 17, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 18, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 21, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 22, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 24, 2011

S743A-2011 Votes

S743A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S743A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the dissemination of
any image of a person to an obscene internet website, without such
person's knowledge or consent

PURPOSE:
Creates the crime of disseminating an known obscene image to an
internet site without consent.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 250.55 of the Penal Law is amended to create the crime of
dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image without the consent
or knowledge of another person a computer network internet website.
The penalty for such crime will be a class A misdemeanor.

Establishes an effective date on the first of November after enactment
into law.

JUSTIFICATION:
The technology of the internet has evolved rapidly. This technology
has given rise to a new form of pedophile, one who has discovered the
ability to capitalize on technology for their perverse motives. This
bill provides protection from such predatory activities which
previously had not been determined to be illegal or criminal.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2009-10: S.3418 Referred to Codes
2008:    S.6912 Passed Senate

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.

S743A-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                   743--A

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens. YOUNG, DeFRANCISCO, O'MARA, RANZENHOFER, SALAND --
    read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
    the  Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
    reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

  AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  prohibiting  the  dissem-
    ination of any image of a person to an obscene internet website, with-
    out such person's knowledge or consent

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Section 250.55 of the penal law, as added by chapter 69  of
  the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:

  S 250.55 Dissemination  of  an unlawful surveillance image in the second
             degree.
    A person is guilty of dissemination of an unlawful surveillance  image
  in the second degree when [he]:

    1. HE or she, with knowledge of the unlawful conduct by which an image
  or  images  of  the  sexual or other intimate parts of another person or
  persons were obtained and such unlawful conduct would satisfy the essen-
  tial elements of the crime of unlawful  surveillance  in  the  first  or
  second degree, intentionally disseminates such image or images[.]; OR
    2.  WITHOUT  THE  KNOWLEDGE  OR  CONSENT  OF ANOTHER PERSON, HE OR SHE
  DISSEMINATES AN IMAGE OF THAT PERSON WHICH HE OR SHE KNOWS  IS  OBSCENE,
  TO A COMPUTER NETWORK INTERNET WEBSITE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION,
  "OBSCENE"  SHALL  HAVE  THE SAME MEANING AS IT IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
  ONE OF SECTION 235.00 OF THIS PART.
    Dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image in the  second  degree
  is a class A misdemeanor.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
  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.
                                                             LBD02697-02-1