---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the certain offenses and provisions related to the unlawful dissemination of a personal image; and relates to a private right of action for such offenses; repealer"
description: "Provides for the offense of unlawful dissemination of a personal image and a private right of action for such offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 975"
citation: "New York A 975 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marianne Buttenschon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dd0d935-36e8-4811-878a-e6c3645c8612"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A975"
source_hash: "bf7cbc86ed1acc897b87b7476f164d4470c3a24fbfd856059d96f938900e65ca"
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 A 975 (2023-2024) — Relates to the certain offenses and provisions related to the unlawful dissemination of a personal image; and relates to a private right of action for such offenses; repealer

Provides for the offense of unlawful dissemination of a personal image and a private right of action for such offense.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A975** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A975&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marianne Buttenschon — primary (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-11** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** REPORTED
- **2023-01-24** RULES REPORT CAL.44
- **2023-01-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.44
- **2023-01-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-01-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-01-24** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2221
- **2023-02-07** 3RD READING CAL.158
- **2023-02-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-02-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.30 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3dd0d935-36e8-4811-878a-e6c3645c8612`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).