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S 10696: Includes the act of, when knowing the character and content thereof, a person produces, directs or promotes any obscene synthetic sexual performance, as committing the crime of promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child; defines "obscene synthetic sexual performance".
What S 10696 does, verified September 27, 2026
<p> This bill amends the New York Penal Law to address crimes involving the promotion of obscene sexual performances by children. It introduces a new definition for "obscene synthetic sexual performance," which covers any performance created through artificial intelligence or digital means that realistically depicts a person appearing to be a child under seventeen years of age engaging in sexual conduct, regardless of whether the depicted child corresponds to an actual person. The bill updates the crime of promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child to explicitly include the production, direction, or promotion of such synthetic performances. It establishes that promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child, including those involving synthetic content, is a class D felony. Additionally, the act includes a severability clause to ensure that if any part of the legislation is fo…
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Quick answers about S 10696
- What is the current status of S 10696?
- As of September 27, 2026, S 10696 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on September 11, 2026, was "REFERRED TO RULES".
- Did S 10696 pass?
- Not yet. S 10696 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 10696, and where is it now?
- S 10696 was authored by Sen. Patricia Fahy with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Rules.
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| Sep. 11, 2026 | REFERRED TO RULES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, September 11, 2026 · 404 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10696 IN SENATE September 11, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 263.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 10 to read as follows: 3 10. "Obscene synthetic sexual performance" means any performance 4 created through artificial intelligence or other digital or computa- 5 tional means that realistically depicts a person who reasonably appears 6 to be a child less than seventeen years of age engaging in sexual 7 conduct, regardless of whether such depicted child corresponds to an 8 actual person. 9 § 2. Section 263.10 of the penal law, as amended by section 1 of part 10 L of chapter 55 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows: 11 § 263.10 Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child. 12 A person is guilty of promoting an obscene sexual performance by a 13 child when, knowing the character and content thereof, such person 14 produces, directs or promotes any obscene sexual performance which 15 includes sexual conduct by a child less than seventeen years of age, 16 including a performance created or altered by digitization as defined in 17 section 245.15 of this part, or when, knowing the character and content 18 thereof, such person produces, directs or promotes any obscene synthetic 19 sexual performance. 20 Promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child is a class D felo- 21 ny. 22 § 3. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, 23 section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent 24 jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or 25 invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation 26 to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part thereof 27 directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have 28 been rendered. 29 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16341-01-6
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