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Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 10, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 10, 2024
- Done: Senate committeeJanuary 31, 2024
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 2186
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 2186 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 2186 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to harassment and extortion involving a person whose image was used in creating, adapting, or modifying a photograph or film. _____ distributed, or posted a photograph or film showing another person in a state of full or partial nudity or engaged in a sex act, knowing that the other person has not consented to the dissemination, publication, distribution, or posting. The bill provides that for purposes of the above provision, “another person” includes a person whose image was used in creating, adapting, or modifying a photograph or film with the intent to depict that other person who is recognizable by the person’s face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic.
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7(1)(a)(5) is an aggravated misdemeanor. 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. The bill provides that a person commits extortion with the purpose of obtaining for oneself or another anything of value, tangible or intangible, including labor or services, if the person threatens to disseminate, publish, distribute, or post a photograph or film showing another person in a state of full or partial nudity or engaged in a sex act, knowing that the other person has not consented to the dissemination, publication, distribution, or posting. The bill provides that “another person” includes a person whose image was used in creating, adapting, or modifying a photograph or film with the intent to depict that other person who is recognizable by the person’s face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic. Extortion is a class “D” felony. 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.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 10, 2024. On January 24, 2024 it recommended passage. [].
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Fiscal note
The fiscal impact cannot be estimated due to a lack of existing conviction data. The average state cost per Class D felony is between $12,600 and $18,200. 67$ 3 State General Fund includes operating costs incurred by the Judicial Branch, the Indigent Defense Fund, and the Department of Corrections (DOC). The cost would be incurred across multiple fiscal years for prison and parole supervision.
- Unauthorized Dissemination of Sexually Explicit Images · February 14, 2024 · $18,200
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