STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1093 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, SEAWRIGHT, DINOWITZ, BRONSON, BUTTENS- CHON, SIMON, ROZIC, WILLIAMS, ZINERMAN, WOERNER, JENSEN, GLICK, GIGLIO, ANDERSON, JACKSON, STERN, SEPTIMO, SMITH, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, STIRPE, GALLAGHER, KELLES, CLARK, CRUZ, ROSENTHAL, McMAHON -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. HEVESI, STECK -- read once and referred 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