Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to sexual exploitation of a minor, and making penalties applicable
Sponsored by the Senate Judiciary Committee
Topics:Courts & civil lawCrime & corrections
Same legislation: SF 221
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 7, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 8, 2023
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 1, 2023
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Under current law, someone possessing multiple images of the same minor is only charged with one crime. This bill changes that so people will face separate charges for every different image they possess of that same minor. Those convicted would face prison time, fines, and must register as sex offenders.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to sexual exploitation of a minor, and makes penalties applicable. Current law provides that it is unlawful to knowingly purchase or possess a visual depiction of a minor engaging in a prohibited sexual act or the simulation of a prohibited sexual act. A visual depiction containing pictorial representations of different minors shall be prosecuted and punished as separate offenses for each pictorial representation of a different minor in the visual depiction. However, violations involving multiple visual depictions containing pictorial representations of the same minor shall be prosecuted and punished as one offense. The bill provides that a person who knowingly purchases or possesses 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 this subsection commits an aggravated misdemeanor for a first offense and a class “D” felony for a second or subsequent offense. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540. 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 $10,245.12(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.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 11, 2024. On January 30, 2024 it recommended passage. [].
- Sen. J. Taylor
- Sen. Tony Bisignano DEmail
- Sen. Scott Webster REmail
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: January 30, 2024 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
Fiscal note
Cost: up to $17,400 Compare with other bills
AI summary This bill changes the law so that possessing multiple images of the same minor is prosecuted as separate offenses rather than a single offense. The fiscal impact on the state General Fund cannot be estimated because the number of past convictions involving multiple images of the same minor is unknown.3
From the note: Senate File 470 modifies an existing criminal offense, and the fiscal impact cannot be estimated because the number of past convictions involving multiple images of the same minor is not known. The average State cost per offense for a Class D felony ranges from $9,500 to $17,400. The average State cost per offense for an aggravated misdemeanor ranges from $5,000 to $9,600.
- Child Pornography · March 6, 2023 · $17,400
Family tree
90th General Assembly
Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 2232 Relating to sexual exploitation of a minor, and making penalties applicable89th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2446 · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2446 Relating to sexual exploitation of a minor, and making penalties applicable89th General Assembly · Passed House · same titlePassed a chamber
Similar bills this General Assembly
- SF 2217 Relating to sexual exploitation of a minor, and making penalties applicable90th General Assembly · In committeeVery similar
- SF 150 Relating to sexual exploitation of a minor, and making penalties applicable91st General Assembly · Signed by GovernorSimilar
Matched by wording or an identical title.