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Committee hears expert testimony on criminal and civil remedies for nonconsensual intimate images
Summary
Experts, survivors and national organizations urged the House Judiciary Committee to adopt criminal and civil provisions protecting survivors of nonconsensual intimate‑image disclosure; witnesses debated proof‑of‑harm language and the scope of protections for AI‑generated imagery.
The House Committee on Judiciary heard extensive testimony on twin proposals to address nonconsensual disclosure of intimate images: SB 2135, which would create a criminal offense, and SB 2448, which would establish civil remedies under the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act.
Professor Mary Anne Franks — the Uniform Law Commission reporter who helped draft the model legislation — urged narrow, carefully tailored civil language to protect survivors without sweeping in constitutionally protected speech. “SB 2,448 is currently drafted as narrowly tailored to further the…
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