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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 8449: Prohibits disseminating, publishing, distributing, or accessing certain depictions of individuals or children

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 8449 is a bill introduced in the New York House on May 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibits disseminating, publishing, distributing, or accessing certain depictions of individuals or children. Primary sponsor: Dana Levenberg (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CODES.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Prohibits accessing or distributing certain sexually explicit depictions of children; prohibits consent to such depictions by anyone under eighteen years of age; makes such crimes eligible for bail; includes certain crimes as sex offenses.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dana LevenbergPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Sam BergerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Harry BronsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse138
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Bill ConradCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse140
Maritza DavilaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Alicia HyndmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Al StirpeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse127
John ZaccaroCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO CODES
  2. REFERRED TO CODES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source