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Committee narrows deep‑fake obscenity bill, expands scope to adults and minors and removes affirmative‑defense carve-outs
Summary
The committee amended House Bill 1351 to replace the term “minor” with “individual” so the deep‑fake obscenity provisions apply to adults as well as minors, removed affirmative‑defense language, and approved the bill as amended by unanimous vote of members present.
The House Judiciary Committee on the record amended House Bill 1351 — described at the hearing as an obscenity‑control measure addressing deep‑fake sexual imagery — and then recommended the bill for passage as amended.
Representative Satrim proposed changing the bill’s language so that places where the bill said “minor” would read “individual,” extending the bill’s reach to adults as well as minors. The committee adopted…
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