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Senate committee hears bill to increase penalties for online sextortion after 16-year-old’s death
Summary
The Minnesota Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee heard testimony on Senate File 281, a proposal to increase penalties when coercion tied to nonconsensual dissemination of private images leads to severe harm or death; the committee laid the bill over pending fiscal analysis and further information.
Senate File 281, introduced by Senator Dustin Lang, would add a cross-reference to Minnesota’s coercion statute to increase penalties when coercion tied to nonconsensual dissemination of private images results in great bodily harm or death.
The bill was presented at the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee on March 3, 2025, where Senator Lang said the measure was prompted by a local 16‑year‑old who took his life after online blackmail. "It's blackmail is what it is,"…
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