Policy director urges Senate Judiciary to pass H.626 to expand remedies for image-based abuse

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At a March 24 Senate Judiciary hearing, Carly Glitherman, policy director of the Vermont Network Against Domestic and ****** Violence, urged passage of H.626, a bill that would expand civil remedies and create or update criminal offenses (voyeurism, nonconsensual disclosure, sextortion) and extend statutes of limitations to help victims seek justice.

Carly Glitherman, policy director of the Vermont Network Against Domestic and ****** Violence, told the Senate Judiciary on March 24 that H.626 is designed to update Vermont law for the digital era by expanding civil and criminal responses to image-based abuse.

"When an image is shared online, it can spread instantly and be nearly impossible to remove," Glitherman said, urging the committee to consider stronger remedies and penalties for survivors. She described three categories the bill would address: voyeurism (secret recording or viewing in private settings), nonconsensual disclosure of explicit images (including altered or AI-generated pictures) and sextortion (threatening to disclose images to force compliance).

Glitherman said the bill reinforces civil remedies for victims of voyeurism and nonconsensual disclosure, clarifies that a…

Policy director urges Senate Judiciary to pass H.626 to expand remedies for image-based abuse

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