{"id":26411,"date":"2019-05-23T08:56:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T14:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=26411"},"modified":"2019-05-23T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T14:56:00","slug":"criminal-penalties-for-revenge-porn-amended-advanced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=26411","title":{"rendered":"Criminal penalties for \u2018revenge porn\u2019 amended, advanced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lawmakers amended and advanced a bill from select file May 22 that would prohibit the intentional or threatening distribution of intimate images.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Adam Morfeld<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LB630, sponsored by Lincoln Sen. Adam Morfeld, would outlaw nonconsensual distribution of intimate images and video.<\/p>\n

A Judiciary Committee amendment adopted on general file replaced the bill. As amended, it would create the offense of distributing a private image of another person\u2019s intimate area or of a person engaged in sexually explicit conduct.<\/p>\n

A person who violates this provision would be charged with a Class I misdemeanor for a first offense, punishable by up to one year in prison, a $1,000 fine or both. Second and subsequent offenses would be a Class IV felony, punishable by up to two years in prison with 12 months post-release supervision, a $10,000 fine or both.<\/p>\n

The bill also would create the offense of threatening to distribute intimate images with the intent to intimidate, threaten or harass a person. Violation of this provision would be considered a Class I misdemeanor.<\/p>\n

LB630 would provide an affirmative defense for juveniles who possess a visual depiction that was knowingly and voluntarily provided by another juvenile who is within four years of age of the defendant.<\/p>\n

The committee amendment also incorporated provisions of LB510, originally sponsored by Omaha Sen. John McCollister. Under the provisions, a person required to register as a sex offender in another state as the result of a juvenile adjudication only would be required to register in Nebraska if the crime also requires it under Nebraska law.<\/p>\n

Lincoln Sen. Mike Hilgers offered an amendment on select file, adopted 26-14, to remove the provisions of LB510 from the underlying bill. He said the provisions would create a disparate level of treatment depending on where a crime was committed.<\/p>\n

Objecting to the amendment was Omaha Sen. Steve Lathrop. He said Nebraska should use its own legal standard when determining registry requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201c[This] amendment would make it so that if a kid was on another state\u2019s registry, the kid would go on our registry, even if [the crime committed was] not a crime in Nebraska,\u201d Lathrop said.<\/p>\n

Following adoption of an additional technical amendment, senators advanced LB630 to final reading by voice vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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