New Jersey Lawmakers Want To Criminalize 'Upskirting'

New Jersey lawmakers want to criminalize the recording and photography of a person’s undergarments - otherwise known as “upskirting.”

The state Assembly Judiciary Committee planned to consider a measure Thursday that would make upskirting a fourth-degree offense.

The legislation protects the right-to-privacy for underneath clothing, and criminalizes photographing, filming or disseminating photos or films showing a person’s intimate parts or sexual conduct without their consent, according to the legislation.

Proponents of the legislation, which is sponsored by Rep. Cleopatra Tucker, D-Essex, note there have been various websites created to share these kinds of images.

“Prosecuting the crime of upskirting based current invasion of privacy law has proved challenging in other states,” the proposed legislation states. “Difficulties have arisen from the fact that the intimate parts of an upskirting victim, who is typically clothed and in a public place, are only ’exposed’ by the placement of the recording device.”

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