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S3378Senate2013-2014 Session

Includes in class A misdemeanor of dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image in the second degree, dissemination of image to porn website without consent

Sponsor Catharine YoungSD-57+4 co-sponsorsAffects Legal
Status
In Assembly Committee
Codes
Impact
Pending
Passage
Pending

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Primary sponsor
Catharine Young

Senator · Senate District 57

Chair, Housing, Construction And Community Development

History

  1. Referred to codes
  2. Delivered to assembly
  3. Passed senateVote 59–0
  4. Amended on third reading 3378a
  5. Advanced to third reading
  6. 2nd report cal.
  7. 1st report cal.215
  8. Referred to codes
  9. Returned to senate
  10. Died in assembly
  11. Referred to codes
  12. Delivered to assembly
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  1. Passed senateVote 60–0
  2. Advanced to third reading
  3. 2nd report cal.
  4. 1st report cal.635
  5. Referred to codes

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Sponsor's memo

BILL NUMBER:S3378A

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 a 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 to 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

2011,2012: S.743A Passed Senate 2009,2010: 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.

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