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S00524 Summary:

BILL NOS00524
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORMAYER
 
COSPNSRADDABBO, GOUNARDES, MURRAY
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §§250.51 & 250.52, amd §250.65, Pen L
 
Establishes the crime of voyeurism in the first and second degree which is defined as when someone for their own amusement, entertainment, profit, sexual arousal or sexual gratification trespasses for the purpose of viewing a person dressing or undressing or the sexual or other intimate parts of such person at a place and time when such person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, without such person's knowledge or consent.
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S00524 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           524
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. MAYER, ADDABBO, GOUNARDES, MURRAY -- 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 establishing the crime of
          voyeurism in the first and second degree

          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 two new sections 250.51
     2  and 250.52 to read as follows:
     3  § 250.51 Voyeurism in the second degree.
     4    A person is guilty of voyeurism in the second degree when:
     5    1. For such person's  own  amusement,  entertainment,  profit,  sexual
     6  arousal  or  sexual  gratification,  or  for the purpose of degrading or
     7  abusing a person, such person trespasses, as defined in  section  140.05
     8  of this part, for the purpose of viewing a person dressing or undressing
     9  or the sexual or other intimate parts of such person at a place and time
    10  when  such person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, as defined in
    11  subdivision one of section 250.40 of this article, without such person's
    12  knowledge or consent; or
    13    2. For such person's  own  amusement,  entertainment,  profit,  sexual
    14  arousal  or  sexual  gratification,  or  for the purpose of degrading or
    15  abusing a person, the actor trespasses, as defined in section 140.05  of
    16  this part, for the purpose of viewing a person in an identifiable manner
    17  engaging  in  sexual  conduct,  as defined in subdivision ten of section
    18  130.00 of this part, at a place and time when such person has a  reason-
    19  able  expectation  of  privacy, as defined in subdivision one of section
    20  250.40 of this article, without such person's knowledge or consent.
    21    Voyeurism in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.
    22  § 250.52 Voyeurism in the first degree.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01389-01-5

        S. 524                              2
 
     1    A person is guilty of voyeurism in the first degree when  such  person
     2  commits  the crime of voyeurism in the second degree and has been previ-
     3  ously convicted within the past ten years of voyeurism in the  first  or
     4  second degree.
     5    Voyeurism in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor.
     6    §  2.  Subdivision  1  of section 250.65 of the penal law, as added by
     7  chapter 69 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
     8    1. The provisions of sections 250.45, 250.50, 250.51,  250.52,  250.55
     9  and  250.60  of  this  article do not apply with respect to any: (a) law
    10  enforcement personnel, firefighters, healthcare professionals or correc-
    11  tional facility personnel engaged in the  conduct  of  their  authorized
    12  duties;  (b)  security  system wherein a written notice is conspicuously
    13  posted on the premises stating that a video surveillance system has been
    14  installed for the purpose of security; or (c) video surveillance devices
    15  installed in such a manner that their presence is clearly and immediate-
    16  ly obvious.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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