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House Judiciary Committee reviews revised H 66, creates new extortion section for nonconsensual image disclosure
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee examined draft 2.2 of H 66, which creates a separate extortion statute tied to threatening disclosure of explicit images, adds a definition of "harm," proposes enhanced penalties for juvenile victims and for outcomes causing serious bodily injury or death, and extends some offenses to a 40-year statute of limitations; members asked for more review on mens rea, consent language, and immunity timing.
The House Judiciary Committee spent its Jan. 20 meeting reviewing draft 2.2 of H 66, a revision that moves provisions on threatening the disclosure of explicit images into a new extortion statute and adds a definition of "harm," legislative staff said. Michelle Charles of the Office of Legislative Council walked the committee through the changes, noting technical cross-reference fixes and policy clarifications.
The draft would relocate extortion language out of the existing dissemination statute into a new section (described in the draft as creating section 2607) and preserve the offense elements while adding a standalone definition of harm. "I added a definition of harm on there," Charles told committee members during the walkthrough, and she said the definition mirrors language in the existing dissemination provision so civil and criminal provisions align.
Under the penalties described in the draft, the base extortion provision would carry a penalty aligned with the general extortion statute:…
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