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History
- Signed chap.456
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.404
- Substituted for A10713
- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1348
- Referred to rules
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Relates to the crime of possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Joseph Lentol
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S7742
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
Purpose
This bill would amend the Penal Law to more effectively ban the possession of a sexual performance or an obscene sexual performance by a child.
Summary of provisions
Section one of the bill would amend Penal Law §263.11 to prohibit the knowing access with intent to view of an obscene sexual performance by a child.
Section two of the bill would amend Penal Law §263.16 to prohibit the knowing access with intent to view of a sexual performance by a child.
Section three of the bill would amend Penal Law § 263.00 to clarify that the various "possession," "control" and "promotion" crimes related to obscene sexual performances by a child do not apply to attorneys who may have access to such material solely in the course of their represen- tation of defendants charged with such offenses.
Section four provides for an immediate effective date.
Existing law
Penal Law §§263.11 and 263.16 do not specify that accessing and viewing sexual performances by a child are prohibited.
Statement in support
The State has a compelling interest in safeguarding the physical and psychological well-being of minors. To that end, Penal Law §§263.11 and 263.16 were enacted in 1996 prohibiting the possession of child pornog- raphy. Those provisions were designed to destroy the market for the exploitive use of children. However, in a case decided on May 8, 2012, the New York Court of Appeals held that existing law did not prohibit "accessing and viewing" child pornography on the internet (People v Kent, 2012 NY Slip Op 03572 (May 8, 2012)). The Court specifically invited the State to amend the Penal Law to criminalize accessing child pornography with the intent to view it on the internet. This bill would address that glaring loophole.
Budget implications
This bill would have no budget implications for the state.
Effective date
This bill would take effect immediately.
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