Senate Codes Committee reports nine bills, including measures on intimate-image dissemination and use-of-force reporting

Apr 9, 2025

The Senate Standing Committee on Codes advanced nine bills ranging from a new unlawful dissemination of intimate images provision to a requirement that state data be reported to the FBI's use-of-force collection, with several measures referred to the finance committee and multiple senators registering formal opposition.

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The Senate Standing Committee on Codes voted to report nine bills at a meeting called to order with a quorum present. The measures advanced include a new unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image offense, expanded definitions for stalking and school-site recordings, changes to jury peremptory challenges, expungement for certain syringe convictions, gender-neutral language and breastfeeding protections, criminal liability for transmission of certain infections, and a requirement that state criminal justice data be reported to the FBI's National Use of Force Data Collection Program.

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