Bill > H0475

This bill creates a new law in Florida that prohibits individuals from intentionally and knowingly disclosing a private, sexually explicit image of an identifiable person, meaning someone who can be recognized by their face or through associated personal identification information, if the disclosure is intended to harass that person and the discloser knows or should know the depicted person did not consent. "Disclose" is defined broadly to include publishing, posting, distributing, or transferring such images, and "harass" means engaging in conduct that causes substantial emotional distress and serves no legitimate purpose. The bill establishes enhanced penalties for violations: a third-degree felony for most offenders, but a second-degree felony if the offender is 18 or older and the victim was under 16 when the image was created. Exceptions are provided for law enforcement investigations and for voluntary, consensual disclosures in public or commercial settings. Additionally, the bill amends an existing law to require courts to order offenders convicted of this new offense to have no contact with the victim, and any violation of this no-contact order will result in penalties that run consecutively to the original sentence.