New York A 3997: Excludes certain actions or omissions from qualifying as unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image when such actions are in connection with the reporting of or investigation into unlawful conduct

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A03997 Summary:

BILL NOA03997 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03174

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SPONSORBores

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COSPNSRCunningham

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §245.15, Pen L

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Excludes certain actions or omissions from qualifying as unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image when such actions or omissions are in connection with the reporting of or investigation into potentially unlawful conduct.

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BILL NOA03997 

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01/30/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3997

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to excluding certain actions
 or omissions from qualifying as unlawful dissemination or publication
 of an intimate image when such actions or omissions are in connection
 with the reporting of or investigation into potentially unlawful
 conduct

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "child
 2 sexual abuse material prevention act".
 3 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 245.15 of the penal
 4 law, as added by chapter 109 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 (a) actions or omissions in connection with the reporting of, or
 7 investigations into, potentially unlawful conduct in collaboration with
 8 local, state, or federal law enforcement or the National Center for
 9 Missing and Exploited Children; including, but not limited to, voluntary
 10 reporting, cooperation, or actions designed to prevent, identify, clas-
 11 sify, monitor, mitigate, or report prohibited images or conduct under
 12 this section;
 13 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 14 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04312-01-5

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