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1 Criminal Code; Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses; Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images. Amend RSA 644:9-a, I to read as follows:
I. In this section:
(a) "Disseminate" means to import, publish, produce, print, manufacture, distribute, sell, lease, exhibit, or display .
(b) "Image" means a photograph, film, videotape, or digital image or recording.
(c) "Intimate parts" means the fully unclothed, partially unclothed, or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, or anus, or, if the person is female, a partially or fully exposed nipple, including exposure through transparent clothing.
(d) "Sexual act" means sexual penetration, masturbation, or sexual activity.
(e) "Sexual activity" means any:
(1) Knowing touching or fondling by any person, either directly or through clothing, of the sex organs, anus, or breast of that person, or another person, or animal; or
(2) Any transfer or transmission of semen upon any part of the clothed or unclothed body of a person; or
(3) An act of urination within a sexual context; or
(4) Any bondage, fetter, or sadism masochism; or
(5) Sadomasochism abuse in any sexual context.
2 New Paragraph; Criminal Code; Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses; Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images. Amend RSA 644:9-a by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. A person also commits nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images when he or she purposely, and with the intent to harass, intimidate, threaten, or coerce the depicted person, disseminates a synthetic image of such person that makes use of and intentionally manipulates or alters a recognizable individual's image or conduct to create a realistic but false image, recording, or digital visualization of the individual's intimate parts, sexual acts, or sexual activity without the consent of the individual.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.
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1 Criminal Code; Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses; Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images. Amend RSA 644:9-a, I to read as follows:
I. In this section:
(a) "Disseminate" means to import, publish, produce, print, manufacture, post or share electronically, sell, lease, exhibit, or display , or otherwise distribute .
(b) "Image" means a photograph, film, videotape, or digital image or recording.
(c) "Intimate parts" means the fully unclothed, partially unclothed, or transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, or anus, or, if the person is female, a partially or fully exposed nipple, including exposure through transparent clothing.
(d) "Sexual act" means sexual penetration, masturbation, or sexual activity.
(e) "Sexual activity" means any:
(1) Knowing touching or fondling by any person, either directly or through clothing, of the sex organs, anus, or breast of that person, or another person, or animal; or
(2) Any transfer or transmission of semen upon any part of the clothed or unclothed body of a person; or
(3) An act of urination within a sexual context; or
(4) Any bondage, fetter, or sadism masochism; or
(5) Sadomasochism abuse in any sexual context.
(f) "Synthetic image" means an image that has been altered or created depicting an individual's image in a realistic, but false representation of the individual.
2 New Paragraph; Criminal Code; Breaches of the Peace and Related Offenses; Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images. Amend RSA 644:9-a by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. A person also commits nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images when he or she purposely, and with the intent to harass, intimidate, threaten, or coerce the depicted person, disseminates a synthetic image of such person that makes use of and intentionally manipulates or alters a recognizable individual's image or conduct to create a realistic but false image, recording, or digital visualization of the individual's intimate parts, sexual acts, or sexual activity without the consent of the individual.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.