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- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 56–4
- Ordered to third reading cal.811
- Reported and committed to rules
- Referred to codes
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Relates to the crime of possessing a sexual performance by a child
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Joseph Lentol
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S7407
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to amending the crime of possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child to include knowingly accessing such material with intent to view
Summary of specific provisions
Amends 263.11 and 263.16 of the penal law regarding the accessing child pornography with intent to view.
Justification
This proposal will add a provision to the penal law to address an issue raised in a recent Court of Appeals decision, People v. Kent. The Court, in its decision ruled that viewing child pornography did not constitute a crime under current law. This legislation if enacted will conform NYS law with Federal standards.
Prior legislative history
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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