Bill > SB1167

This bill establishes a new crime in Pennsylvania called "intimate partner harassment," which occurs when someone intentionally exposes a private image of an intimate partner who is nude or engaged in a sexual act to a third party without a legitimate reason, with the intent to harass, annoy, or alarm the person in the image. An affirmative defense exists if the person depicted consented to the exposure. The offense is graded as a third-degree misdemeanor if the person depicted is a minor, and a second-degree misdemeanor if they are not a minor. The bill also clarifies that this section does not apply to the transmission of sexually explicit images by minors as described in another section of law, and defines "nude" according to existing legal definitions.