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S04441 Summary:

BILL NO	S04441
SAME AS	SAME AS A06874
SPONSOR	FERNANDEZ
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §245.15, Pen L; amd §52-b, Civ Rts L
Prohibits speech-based defenses to actions brought against an individual for the unlawful dissemination of publication of an intimate image.

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S04441 Actions:

BILL NO	S04441
02/08/2023	REFERRED TO CODES
01/03/2024	REFERRED TO CODES

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S04441 Committee Votes:

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S04441 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4441
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 8, 2023
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        Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the penal law and the civil rights law, in relation to
          prohibiting speech-based defenses to actions brought against an  indi-
          vidual  for  the  unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate
          image

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 245.15 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5. It shall not be a defense to any criminal action brought against an
     4  individual pursuant to this section that such dissemination or  publica-
     5  tion of an intimate image is protected by a right to free speech.
     6    §  2.  Section 52-b of the civil rights law is amended by adding a new
     7  subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
     8    6-a. It shall not be a defense to any civil action brought against  an
     9  individual  pursuant to this section that such dissemination or publica-
    10  tion of an intimate image is protected by a right to free speech.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08921-01-3

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