Senate Bill S4853

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding the crime of public lewdness

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S4853 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1093
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §245.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10185
2021-2022: S6420, A318
2023-2024: S4740, A319

2025-S4853 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2025-S4853 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4853 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4853
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             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:
 
   Section 1. Section 245.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter  748
 of  the laws of 1968 and the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 373
 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 § 245.00 Public lewdness.
   A person is guilty of public lewdness when [he  or  she]  SUCH  PERSON
 intentionally [exposes]:
   1.  EXPOSE the private or intimate parts of [his or her] SUCH PERSON'S
 body in a lewd manner or [commits] COMMIT any other lewd act: (a)  in  a
 public  place,  or  (b)  (i)  in private premises under circumstances in
 which [he or she] SUCH PERSON may readily  be  observed  from  either  a
 public place or from other private premises, and with intent that [he or
 she]  SUCH  PERSON be so observed, or (ii) while trespassing, as defined
 in section 140.05 of this part, in a dwelling, as defined in subdivision
 three of section 140.00 of this part, under circumstances in  which  [he
 or she] SUCH PERSON is observed by a lawful occupant[.]; OR
   2.  ELECTRONICALLY  TRANSMIT  TO  ONE  OR  MORE PERSONS IN OR AROUND A
 PUBLIC PLACE AN IMAGE DEPICTING EXPOSED PRIVATE OR INTIMATE PARTS, WITH-
 OUT THE CONSENT OF SUCH PERSON OR PERSONS.
   Public lewdness is a class B misdemeanor.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 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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