Distributing a sexually explicit image without consent and providing a penalty. (FE)

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, no one may photograph, videotape, or otherwise capture an image of a nude or partially nude person (depicted person) without the depicted person's knowledge and consent. A person who does so, or who possesses, reproduces, or distributes the image with the knowledge that the image was captured without the depicted person's knowledge or consent, is generally guilty of a Class I felony, and may be fined up to $10,000, imprisoned for up to three years and six months, or both.

Under this bill, no one may reproduce, distribute, exhibit, publish, transmit, or otherwise disseminate (distribute) an image of a person who is nude or partially nude or who is engaging in sexually explicit behavior without the consent of the person, regardless of whether the depicted person consented to the capture of the image. A person who does so is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and may be fined up to $10,000, imprisoned for up to nine months, or both.

Who's behind it

4 senators are its authors⁠. 3 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.

19 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

• Amendment Histories
• LC Amendment Memo