Bill > H1513

This bill proposes to add a new section to Chapter 272 of the General Laws, creating a crime for the non-consensual disclosure of visual material depicting someone who is nude, partially nude (meaning exposed genitals, buttocks, pubic area, or female breast below the top of the areola), or engaged in a sexual act (including intercourse or oral sex). "Disclose" is defined broadly to include transferring, publishing, distributing, exhibiting, advertising, or offering such images, and "visual material" encompasses photographs, recordings, and similar representations made by any device. The bill specifies that a person commits this offense if they willfully disclose such material and knew or should have known that the depicted person did not consent to the disclosure, with penalties including imprisonment and fines. However, this prohibition does not apply to disclosures made for lawful purposes such as law enforcement, criminal reporting, legal proceedings, medical treatment, reporting unlawful conduct, or any other legitimate public purpose, nor does it apply if the depicted person voluntarily exposed themselves in a public or commercial setting.