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House amends and advances bill creating sextortion crime, expanding remedies for victims of nonconsensual explicit images
Summary
Lawmakers amended H626 to create a separate sextortion crime, expand civil remedies for victims of voyeurism and nonconsensual disclosure, and extend certain statutes of limitation up to 40 years; members exchanged detailed legal questions about definitions, penalties, and ex post facto and proportionality concerns before ordering third reading.
The Vermont House adopted committee amendments and ordered third reading for House Bill 626 after extended debate about definitions, penalties and statutes of limitation for crimes involving nonconsensual explicit images.
The member for Pittsburgh (speaking for the Judiciary Committee) said H626 "strengthens our state's criminal and civil responses to image based abuse," describing three principal reforms: (1) a clearer separation in the voyeurism statute to allow different statutes of limitation depending on the type of voyeurism; (2) a private right of action and expanded civil remedies allowing recovery for trauma‑related disorders such as PTSD; and (3) creation of a distinct sextortion offense. The member for…
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