republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-5959.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	S 5959	New York S 5959 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	SAVINO	5	23	5	2019-05-16	2020-11-30	openstates	ocd-bill/13887d6c-dd85-4f18-86ba-c268fe87d1f6	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5959	0ea4a754c20d21b6100d9ee56176056213504bf3db8fef7b1f3ac1596d22a85d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. S5959A (committee substitute) — source
3. S5959B (committee substitute) — source
4. S5959C (committee substitute) — source
5. S5959D (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/13887d6c-dd85-4f18-86ba-c268fe87d1f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).