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NY S00524
Bill
Status
2/26/2025
Primary Sponsor
Shelley Mayer
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AI Summary
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Creates the crime of voyeurism in the second degree (class B misdemeanor) when a person trespasses to view someone dressing, undressing, intimate body parts, or engaging in sexual conduct without their knowledge or consent, where the victim has a reasonable expectation of privacy
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Applies to voyeurism committed for amusement, entertainment, profit, sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or for the purpose of degrading or abusing the victim
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Establishes voyeurism in the first degree (class A misdemeanor) when a person commits second-degree voyeurism and has a prior conviction for first or second degree voyeurism within the past ten years
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Exempts law enforcement personnel, firefighters, healthcare professionals, and correctional facility personnel engaged in authorized duties from these provisions
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Exempts premises with conspicuously posted notices of video surveillance for security purposes, or surveillance devices whose presence is clearly and immediately obvious
Legislative Description
Establishes the crime of voyeurism in the first and second degree which is defined as when someone for their own amusement, entertainment, profit, sexual arousal or sexual gratification trespasses or uses an instrument to observe for the purpose of viewing a person dressing or undressing or the sexual or other intimate parts of such person at a place and time when such person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, without such person's knowledge or consent.
Last Action
AMENDED ON THIRD READING 524A
3/12/2026