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Committee advances three measures targeting doxing and nonconsensual image dissemination
Summary
The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted to advance bills criminalizing malicious doxing, narrowing liability for officials who publish public information, and expanding protections against nonconsensual dissemination of intimate images, with amendments adopted to preserve routine official duties.
The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee on Thursday moved forward a package of bills aimed at criminalizing harmful online conduct and strengthening protections against nonconsensual dissemination of images.
Representative Murray, sponsor of one of the measures, described House Bill 13‑67 as "for the most part, straightforward" and said the committee heard evidence that doxing has led to threats, vandalism and danger to families: "we need to do what we need to do to stop this before it gets more and more violent," she said. The…
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