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Senate narrows criminal prohibition on shared intimate images to cover victims killed in related crimes; third substitute adopted
Summary
A third substitute to House Bill 147 was adopted to limit criminal liability for sharing intimate images of deceased victims to cases tied to an investigation or prosecution of the homicide; sponsor cited the Lauren McCluskey case. The Senate adopted the substitute and voted to read the bill for third time (24–0).
Senator Wyler, floor sponsor of House Bill 147, told the Senate the bill’s third substitute “rolls this back to capture the Lauren McCluskey situation, where a victim of a crime has been killed, that there are intimate photos of them that can’t be shared.” Wyler said the change is intended to criminalize sharing intimate images of homicide victims in the context of an investigation or prosecution of the killing, and to avoid sweeping…
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