New York S 5041: Relates to defining a victim of a sexual offense

Status: SUBSTITUTED BY A6338 (as of 2026-03-05)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 5041

Sponsors: Luis R. Sepúlveda, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Dean Murray, Lea Webb, Steve Rhoads

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S05041 Summary:

BILL NOS05041 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06338

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL, MURRAY, RHOADS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §108, Exec L

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Adds to the definition of a victim of a sexual offense by including a victim of unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image.

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BILL NOS05041 

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02/18/2025REFERRED TO CODES

03/10/20251ST REPORT CAL.506

03/11/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/12/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/03/2025PASSED SENATE

04/03/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/03/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

02/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.276

02/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/09/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/05/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A6338

&nbspA06338 AMEND= Walker

&nbsp03/04/2025referred to codes

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to codes

&nbsp01/21/2026reported 

&nbsp01/22/2026advanced to third reading cal.235

&nbsp01/27/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/27/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp01/27/2026REFERRED TO CODES

&nbsp03/05/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S5041

&nbsp03/05/20263RD READING CAL.276

&nbsp03/05/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp03/05/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5041

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 18, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, WEBB -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Codes

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to defining a victim of a
 sexual offense

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 of section 108 of the execu-
 2 tive law, as added by chapter 141 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 (i) "Victim of a sexual offense" means a victim of any act constitut-
 5 ing an offense as defined under article one hundred thirty, and/or
 6 sections 245.15, 255.25, 255.26, and 255.27 of the penal law, including
 7 threats or attempts to commit such offenses.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06034-01-5

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