Bill > SF32

Introduced Session

This bill relates to sexual exploitation of a minor. Code section 728.12(3) prohibits knowingly purchasing or possessing a visual depiction of a minor engaging in a prohibited sexual act or the simulation of a prohibited sexual act. Currently, visual depictions containing pictorial representations of different minors are prosecuted and punished as separate offenses for each pictorial representation of a different minor. However, violations involving multiple visual depictions containing pictorial representations of the same minor are prosecuted and punished as one offense. The bill provides that knowingly purchasing or possessing multiple visual depictions containing pictorial representations of the same minor engaging in prohibited sexual acts or the simulation of prohibited sexual acts shall be prosecuted and punished as separate offenses. A person who commits a violation of Code section 728.12(3) commits a class “D” felony for a first offense and a class “C” felony for a second or subsequent offense. A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $1,025 but not more than $10,245. A class “C” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than 10 years and a fine of at least $1,370 but not more than $13,660. A violation of Code section 728.12(3) is a tier II sex offense and a person convicted of the offense is required to register as a sex offender. A person convicted of the offense is also subject to a 10-year special sentence imposed in addition to any other sentence.

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Charlie McClintock (R)*, 

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 150. S.J. 163. (on 01/29/2025)

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