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DISTRIBUTION OF INTIMATE IMAGES

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2014 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Marie H. Poulson

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Senate Sponsor: Todd Weiler

             6      Cosponsor:Craig Hall              7     
             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill modifies Title 76, Utah Criminal Code, regarding distributing intimate images
             11      of a person without that person's permission.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This bill:
             14          .    provides a definition of "intimate image";
             15          .    provides exceptions for lawful use of images;
             16          .    provides an exception for lawful practices and functions, including law enforcement
             17      functions and medical procedures;
             18          .    provides an exemption for defined services, including Internet service providers and
             19      interactive computer services; and
             20          .    provides that distribution of an intimate image of an individual, as defined and
             21      without that individual's permission, is a class A misdemeanor and any subsequent
             22      convictions are a third degree felony.
             23      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             24          None
             25      Other Special Clauses:
             26          None
             27      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             28      ENACTS:


             29           76-5b-203 , Utah Code Annotated 1953
             30     
             31      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             32          Section 1. Section 76-5b-203 is enacted to read:
             33          76-5b-203. Distribution of an intimate image -- Penalty.
             34          (1) As used in this section:
             35          (a) "Distribute" means selling, exhibiting, displaying, wholesaling, retailing, providing,
             36      giving, granting admission to, providing access to, or otherwise transferring or presenting an
             37      image to another individual, with or without consideration.
             38          (b) "Intimate image" means any visual depiction, photograph, film, video, recording,
             39      picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by
             40      electronic, mechanical, or other means, that depicts:
             41          (i) exposed human male or female genitals or pubic area, with less than an opaque
             42      covering;
             43          (ii) a female breast with less than an opaque covering, or any portion of the female
             44      breast below the top of the areola; or
             45          (iii) the individual engaged in any sexually explicit conduct.
             46          (c) "Sexually explicit conduct" means actual or simulated:
             47          (i) sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal,
             48      whether between persons of the same or opposite sex;
             49          (ii) masturbation;
             50          (iii) bestiality;
             51          (iv) sadistic or masochistic activities;
             52          (v) exhibition of the genitals, pubic region, buttocks, or female breast of any
             53      individual;
             54          (vi) visual depiction of nudity or partial nudity;
             55          (vii) fondling or touching of the genitals, pubic region, buttocks, or female breast; or
             56          (viii) explicit representation of the defecation or urination functions.


             57          (d) "Simulated sexually explicit conduct" means a feigned or pretended act of sexually
             58      explicit conduct that duplicates, within the perception of an average person, the appearance of
             59      an actual act of sexually explicit conduct.
             60          (2) An actor commits the offense of distribution of intimate images if the actor, with
             61      the intent to cause emotional distress or harm, knowingly or intentionally distributes to any
             62      third party any intimate image of an individual who is 18 years of age or older, if:
             63          (a) the actor knows that the depicted individual has not given consent to the actor to
             64      distribute the intimate image;
             65          (b) the intimate image was created by or provided to the actor under circumstances in
             66      which the individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy; and
             67          (c) actual emotional distress or harm is caused to the person as a result of the
             68      distribution under this section.
             69          (3) This section does not apply to:
             70          (a) (i) lawful practices of law enforcement agencies;
             71          (ii) prosecutorial agency functions;
             72          (iii) the reporting of a criminal offense;
             73          (iv) court proceedings or any other judicial proceeding; or
             74          (v) lawful and generally accepted medical practices and procedures;
             75          (b) an intimate image if the individual portrayed in the image voluntarily allows public
             76      exposure of the image; or
             77          (c) an intimate image that is portrayed in a lawful commercial setting.
             78          (4) (a) This section does not apply to an Internet service provider or interactive
             79      computer service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. Sec. 230(f)(2), a provider of an electronic
             80      communications service as defined in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2510, a telecommunications service,
             81      information service, or mobile service as defined in 47 U.S.C. Sec. 153, including a
             82      commercial mobile service as defined in 47 U.S.C. Sec. 332(d), or a cable operator as defined
             83      in 47 U.S.C. Sec. 522, if:
             84          (i) the distribution of an intimate image by the Internet service provider occurs only


             85      incidentally through the provider's function of:
             86          (A) transmitting or routing data from one person to another person; or
             87          (B) providing a connection between one person and another person;
             88          (ii) the provider does not intentionally aid or abet in the distribution of the intimate
             89      image; and
             90          (iii) the provider does not knowingly receive from or through a person who distributes
             91      the intimate image a fee greater than the fee generally charged by the provider, as a specific
             92      condition for permitting the person to distribute the intimate image.
             93          (b) This section does not apply to a hosting company, as defined in Section
             94      76-10-1230 , if:
             95          (i) the distribution of an intimate image by the hosting company occurs only
             96      incidentally through the hosting company's function of providing data storage space or data
             97      caching to a person;
             98          (ii) the hosting company does not intentionally engage, aid, or abet in the distribution
             99      of the intimate image; and
             100          (iii) the hosting company does not knowingly receive from or through a person who
             101      distributes the intimate image a fee greater than the fee generally charged by the provider, as a
             102      specific condition for permitting the person to distribute, store, or cache the intimate image.
             103          (c) A service provider, as defined in Section 76-10-1230 , is not negligent under this
             104      section if it complies with Section 76-10-1231 .
             105          (5) (a) Distribution of an intimate image is a class A misdemeanor except under
             106      Subsection (5)(b).
             107          (b) Distribution of an intimate image is a third degree felony on a second or subsequent
             108      conviction for an offense under this section that arises from a separate criminal episode as
             109      defined in Section 76-1-401 .


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