Recent cases of flashers exposing themselves near schools is prompting the City Council to consider increasing the penalties for public lewdness, and to call on Albany lawmakers to add certain violators to the state’s sexual offender registry.

A resolution before the Public Safety Committee today calls for people convicted of multiple acts of public lewdness, and those who expose themselves to people under the age of 18, to be added to the sex offender registry.

The council also is considering a bill to penalize convicted flashers with up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine. Currently, a conviction for exposing oneself in public carries a maximum sentence of 90 days in jail.

“We discovered what we think is a loophole, and we’re asking the state to close it,” a City Council member of Queens, Peter Vallone Jr., the committee chairman, said yesterday. “If you are guilty of public lewdness, you should be included on the sexual offender registry.”

The committee will hold a hearing on the legislation today. Mr. Vallone anticipates the bill and resolution will pass at City Hall, and gain the support of the New York Police Department. As for its fate in Albany, Mr. Vallone is less optimistic.

“The Assembly is where most good criminal legislation goes to die,” he said. “We’re hoping, in this instance, they realize the gravity of the situation, and put flashers on the registry so people will be informed as to their whereabouts.”

The tougher penalties would not apply to people caught urinating in public, Mr. Vallone said, only to people found exposing themselves for sexual gratification.