Caucus flagged concerns as sponsor prepares to refuse Senate changes to revenge-porn bill
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Summary
Presenters said the Senate removed a provision that would have included synthetic depictions in Arizona's revenge‑porn statute and added exceptions for parody and artistic expression; the sponsor said they will refuse the Senate changes, and members were pointed to emails from the ACLU of Arizona and the Motion Picture Association.
House Bill 21‑33 was presented with a summary of changes the Senate made to the revenge‑porn statute. The presenter said the House version had expanded the definition of image to include a 'synthetic depiction of an identifiable individual,' but the Senate amended the bill to remove that provision and to add exceptions when a digital image is clearly manipulated and created for parody, comedy, artistic expression, or criticism of public concern.
The presenter also said the Senate removed a prohibition on commercial entities retaining identifiable information for verification and removed AG inspection authority for those records, while expanding acceptable verification methods. The presenter told members they had received emails from the ACLU of Arizona and the Motion Picture Association outlining concerns and said the sponsor will refuse the Senate amendments.
Members asked what remains wrong with the bill; the presenter offered to review the stakeholder points in follow‑up communications. Member Holt compared this pattern of sponsor refusal to a prior item and suggested it indicates potential substantive changes ahead.
