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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 524: Relates to establishing the crime of voyeurism

Passed one chamber 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

S 524 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to establishing the crime of voyeurism. Primary sponsor: Shelley Mayer (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 30, 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.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 1 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shelley MayerPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate37
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate9
Andrew GounardesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39

“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. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. REPASSED SENATE
  4. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 524A
  5. VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
  6. RETURNED TO SENATE
  7. RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
  8. REFERRED TO CODES
  9. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  10. PASSED SENATE
  11. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  12. 2ND REPORT CAL.

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

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