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Subcommittee advances felony for obscene visual depictions of minors in drawings and cartoons

2256248 · January 28, 2025
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Summary

S.28 would create a felony for producing, distributing, or possessing obscene visual representations (including drawings, cartoons, sculptures, paintings) that depict minors in explicit sexual acts, designate such offenders as tier 1 on the sex-offender registry, and align registry removal timelines with other measures.

A Senate Judiciary subcommittee advanced S.28, a bill that would create a new felony offense for knowingly producing, distributing, or possessing with intent to distribute obscene visual representations that depict minors engaged in explicit sexual activity.

Committee staff described the bill as criminalizing obscene cartoons, drawings, sculptures and paintings that depict minors in sexually explicit conduct if the depiction is obscene. Staff said the measure would make…

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