Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding video voyeurism and to revise a penalty for disclosing explicit synthetic media.
SEX CRIMES -- Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding video voyeurism and to revise a penalty for disclosing explicit synthetic media.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The legislation strengthens protections for minors by prohibiting threats to disclose real intimate images and making the disclosure of A.I.-generated explicit images a felony when the victim is a minor. These updates directly address the growing problem of sextortion, where offenders use real or fabricated explicit images to threaten,coerce,orextortminorsformoney,additionalimages,orotherexploitativedemands. Bycriminalizing both the threat to disclose real images and the distribution of A.I.-generated images involving minors, the bill closes gaps in current law, modernizes protections against technology-facilitated abuse, and provides law enforcement clearer authority to intervene and hold perpetrators accountable.
LATEST ACTION
Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2026
- Chamber
- house
- Status date
- Feb 18, 2026