ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan to outlaw “sextortion” and non-consensual pornography, often known as “revenge porn.”

The proposal is part of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address.

Under the proposed measures, a conviction for any of these serious offenses will require registration as a sex offender and sentences will range from one to three years for a misdemeanor and up to 15 years for a felony.

“The dangerous proliferation of sextortion and revenge crimes disproportionately targets young women and girls and causes harm and embarrassment that can follow victims their entire lives,” Gov. Cuomo said. “This new legislation outlaws this horrific, exploitive practice once and for all in New York and will help provide New Yorkers with peace of mind both on- and offline.”

To end this disturbing pattern of sexual exploitation, Governor Cuomo proposes a two-pronged approach that would criminalize:

Disclosing or threatening to disclose sexually compromising images or videos with the intent to cause material harm to the victim’s mental or emotional health or to compel the victim to undertake some act; and

Compelling a person to expose him or herself or engage in sexual conduct by threatening to harm the victim’s health, safety, business, career, financial condition, reputation or personal relationships.

These new measures advance two different laws that create four crimes in total: