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Creates Criminal Penalties for Covert Use of Viewing Devices on Unsuspecting Victims
Thursday, June 12, 2003
Governor George E. Pataki, Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced a three-way agreement on "Stephanie�s Law" -- legislation that creates criminal penalties for those who would use a mechanical, digital or electronic device to capture visual images of another person in a place where that person has a reasonable expectation of privacy and has not given his or her consent. There is currently no criminal penalty for such activity. The legislation also creates criminal penalties for those who disseminate, publish, or sell images of the intimate parts of another person�s body. The legislation requires that a video voyeur who is caught using or installing a camera for sexual purposes, or in a bedroom, bathroom, or other specified rooms, would be subject to registration with the State�s Sex Offender Registry.
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