Senate Judiciary reviews H.5 to expand hearsay exception and create image-based extortion offense
At a March 17 Senate Judiciary meeting, Office of Legislative Counsel Michelle Childs walked members through H.5: it would amend Rule 804(a) to expand a hearsay exception (raising the age threshold to under 16) and add/adjust voyeurism, nonconsensual-image dissemination, a new image-extortion crime, civil remedies and limited reporting immunity; committee requested more witnesses.
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Michelle Childs, Office of Legislative Counsel, told the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 17 that H.5 would amend Rule 804(a) of the rules of evidence and several Title 13 criminal provisions to address nonconsensual image harms and related evidence rules.
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