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A07801 Summary:

BILL NO	A07801
SAME AS	SAME AS S05949
SPONSOR	Gunther
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §250.70, Pen L
Establishes the crime of unlawful electronic transmission of sexually explicit visual material; makes such crime a class A misdemeanor.

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A07801 Actions:

BILL NO	A07801
05/23/2019	referred to codes
01/08/2020	referred to codes

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A07801 Committee Votes:

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A07801 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7801
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 23, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the creation of the crimi-
          nal offense of unlawful electronic transmission of  sexually  explicit
          visual material
 
          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 a new section 250.70  to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 250.70 Unlawful  electronic  transmission  of sexually explicit visual
     4             material.
     5    A person is guilty of unlawful  electronic  transmission  of  sexually
     6  explicit  visual  material if a person knowingly transmits by electronic
     7  means visual material that depicts any person engaging in sexual conduct
     8  or with a person's intimate parts exposed or depicts the  covered  geni-
     9  tals  of  a  male person that are in a discernibly turgid state and such
    10  visual material is not sent at  the  request  of  or  with  the  express
    11  consent  of  the recipient. For purposes of this section the term "inti-
    12  mate parts" means the naked genitals, pubic area, anus, or female  post-
    13  pubescent  nipple of the person and the term "sexual conduct" shall have
    14  the same meaning as defined in section 130.00 of this chapter.
    15    Unlawful electronic transmission of sexually explicit visual  material
    16  is a class A misdemeanor.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    18  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.
                                                                   LBD11821-01-9

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