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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes the right of publicity and provides for a private right of action for unlawful dissemination or publication of a sexually explicit depiction of an individual"
+description: "Establishes the right of publicity and provides for a private right of action for unlawful dissemination or publication of a sexually explicit depiction of an individual."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 5959"
+citation: "New York S 5959 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["SAVINO"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-05-16"
+last_action: "2020-11-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13887d6c-dd85-4f18-86ba-c268fe87d1f6"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5959"
+source_hash: "0ea4a754c20d21b6100d9ee56176056213504bf3db8fef7b1f3ac1596d22a85d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 5959 (2019-2020) — Establishes the right of publicity and provides for a private right of action for unlawful dissemination or publication of a sexually explicit depiction of an individual
+
+Establishes the right of publicity and provides for a private right of action for unlawful dissemination or publication of a sexually explicit depiction of an individual.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S5959** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5959&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **S5959A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5959A)
+3. **S5959B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5959B)
+4. **S5959C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5959C)
+5. **S5959D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5959D)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: D — **60–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **140–1** (pass) · lower
+- Rules Vote - Version: D — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+- Judiciary Vote - Version: C — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- Finance Vote - Version: D — **23–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- SAVINO — primary (person)
+- BENJAMIN — cosponsor (person)
+- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
+- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
+- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
+- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
+- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-16** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-17** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-07** PRINT NUMBER 5959A `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-16** PRINT NUMBER 5959B `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-03-05** PRINT NUMBER 5959C `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-03-10** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-17** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-07-17** PRINT NUMBER 5959D `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-07-21** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.788
+- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5605C
+- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.210
+- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2020-11-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-11-30** SIGNED CHAP.304 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13887d6c-dd85-4f18-86ba-c268fe87d1f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+