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Introduced
01/09/2024
01/09/2024
In Committee
02/28/2024
02/28/2024
Crossed Over
03/07/2024
03/07/2024
Passed
03/25/2024
03/25/2024
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
04/08/2024
04/08/2024
Introduced Session
2024 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty. Expands the current categories of images that are unlawful to disseminate or sell to include any videographic or still image that depicts another person whose genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast are not exposed but such videographic or still image is obscene, as defined in the bill. Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty. Expands the current categories of images that are unlawful to disseminate or sell to include any videographic or still image that depicts another person whose genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast are not exposed but such videographic or still image is obscene, as defined in the bill. The bill adds to the statute of limitations for the misdemeanor offense of unlawful creation of the image of another to provide that a prosecution shall be commenced within five years of the commission of the offense or within one year of the date the victim discovers the offense or, by the exercise of due diligence, reasonably should have discovered the offense, whichever is later. The bill creates the same statute of limitations for the offense of unlawful dissemination or sale of the image of another. Current law starts the statute of limitations for the offense of unlawful creation of the image of another upon the commission of the offense.
AI Summary
This bill expands the current categories of images that are unlawful to disseminate or sell to include any videographic or still image that depicts another person whose genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast are not exposed but such image is considered obscene. The bill also adds to the statute of limitations for the misdemeanor offense of unlawful creation of the image of another and creates the same statute of limitations for the offense of unlawful dissemination or sale of the image of another. The prosecution for these violations can now be commenced within five years of the commission of the offense or within one year of the date the victim discovers the offense or, by the exercise of due diligence, reasonably should have discovered the offense, whichever is later.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (6)
Irene Shin (D)*,
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D),
Katrina Callsen (D),
Nadarius Clark (D),
Laura Jane Cohen (D),
Amy Laufer (D),
Last Action
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697) (on 04/08/2024)
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