Legislative counsel urges separate extortion statute for image-based coercion; committee debates penalties and limits
During continued markup of H626, legislative counsel recommended moving extortion provisions into a standalone statute (referred to in discussion as 26 0 7), aligning the penalty with general extortion (5-year felony), and adding enhancements for minors and for outcomes causing serious injury or death. Committee deferred complex financial-tracing proposals and moved statute-of-limitations language for further drafting.
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Legislative counsel recommended that the committee move extortion-related language tied to image-based coercion out of the current distribution statute and into a new, standalone extortion statute, and members debated how harshly those acts should be punished.
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