New York S 4853: Relates to expanding the crime of public lewdness

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S04853 Summary:

BILL NOS04853 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01093

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ, MARTINEZ, MURRAY, PALUMBO, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §245.00, Pen L

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Adds to the crime of public lewdness the electronic transmission of an image depicting exposed private or intimate parts without the consent of the recipient.

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BILL NOS04853 

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02/13/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4853

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, FERNANDEZ, MARTINEZ, MURRAY, PALUMBO, WEBB
 -- 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 the crime of public lewd-
 ness

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

 1 Section 1. Section 245.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 748
 2 of the laws of 1968 and the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 373
 3 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 245.00 Public lewdness.
 5 A person is guilty of public lewdness when [he or she] such person
 6 intentionally [exposes]:
 7 1. Expose the private or intimate parts of [his or her] such person's
 8 body in a lewd manner or [commits] commit any other lewd act: (a) in a
 9 public place, or (b) (i) in private premises under circumstances in
 10 which [he or she] such person may readily be observed from either a
 11 public place or from other private premises, and with intent that [he or
 12 she] such person be so observed, or (ii) while trespassing, as defined
 13 in section 140.05 of this part, in a dwelling, as defined in subdivision
 14 three of section 140.00 of this part, under circumstances in which [he
 15 or she] such person is observed by a lawful occupant[.]; or
 16 2. Electronically transmit to one or more persons in or around a
 17 public place an image depicting exposed private or intimate parts, with-
 18 out the consent of such person or persons.
 19 Public lewdness is a class B misdemeanor.
 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 21 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00861-01-5

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