Alabama 2024 Regular Session

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3	3	SB109
4	4	1MUJLZL-1
5	5	By Senators Weaver, Bell
6	6	RFD: Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
7	7	First Read: 15-Feb-24
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12	12	5 1MUJLZL-1 02/15/2024 THR (L)THR 2024-719
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14	14	First Read: 15-Feb-24
15	15	SYNOPSIS:
16	16	This bill would define the terms "child sexual
17	17	abuse material," "sexually explicit conduct," and
18	18	"virtually indistinguishable depiction."
19	19	Under existing law, it is unlawful for any
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21	21	knowingly possess, knowingly possess with intent to
22	22	disseminate, or knowingly film, print, record,
23	23	photograph, or otherwise produce certain obscene
24	24	material depicting an individual under 17 years of age.
25	25	This bill would provide that it is unlawful for
26	26	any person to knowingly disseminate, distribute,
27	27	display publicly, knowingly possess, knowingly possess
28	28	with intent to disseminate, or knowingly film, print,
29	29	record, photograph, or otherwise produce child sexual
30	30	abuse material.
31	31	This bill would also provide that it is unlawful
32	32	for any person to knowingly advertise, promote,
33	33	present, or solicit by any means, including by
34	34	computer, child sexual abuse material.
35	35	Under existing law, it is unlawful for any
36	36	parent or guardian to knowingly permit or allow their
37	37	child, ward, or dependent under 17 years of age to
38	38	engage in the production of certain obscene material
39	39	containing a visual depiction of the child, ward, or
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69	69	containing a visual depiction of the child, ward, or
70	70	dependent.
71	71	This bill would provide that it is unlawful for
72	72	any parent or guardian to knowingly permit or allow
73	73	their child, ward, or dependent under 18 years of age
74	74	to engage in the production of child sexual abuse
75	75	material depicting the child, ward, or dependent.
76	76	This bill would authorize an individual to
77	77	commence a civil action against a person who commits
78	78	the crime of distribution of a private image,
79	79	dissemination or public display of child sexual abuse
80	80	material, possession of child sexual abuse material,
81	81	possession with intent to distribute child sexual abuse
82	82	material, permitting or allowing a child, ward, or
83	83	dependent to engage in the production of child sexual
84	84	abuse material as a parent or guardian, or production
85	85	of child sexual abuse material.
86	86	This bill would also authorize a court to award
87	87	certain punitive damages against an individual who,
88	88	with wantonness or malice, commits the crime of
89	89	distribution of a private image, dissemination or
90	90	public display of child sexual abuse material,
91	91	possession of child sexual abuse material, possession
92	92	with intent to distribute child sexual abuse material,
93	93	permitting or allowing a child, ward, or dependent to
94	94	engage in the production of child sexual abuse material
95	95	as a parent or guardian, or production of child sexual
96	96	abuse material.
97	97	This bill would direct the State Board of
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127	127	This bill would direct the State Board of
128	128	Education to require local school boards to develop
129	129	policies related to the distribution of private images
130	130	and the distribution, dissemination, public display,
131	131	possession, possession with intent to distribute, and
132	132	production of child sexual abuse material.
133	133	This bill would also make nonsubstantive,
134	134	technical revisions to update the existing code
135	135	language to current style.
136	136	Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of
137	137	2022, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect
138	138	would be to require a new or increased expenditure of
139	139	local funds from becoming effective with regard to a
140	140	local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3
141	141	vote unless: it comes within one of a number of
142	142	specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected
143	143	entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or
144	144	provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for
145	145	the purpose.
146	146	The purpose or effect of this bill would be to
147	147	require a new or increased expenditure of local funds
148	148	within the meaning of the section. However, the bill
149	149	does not require approval of a local governmental
150	150	entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective
151	151	because it comes within one of the specified exceptions
152	152	contained in the section.
153	153	A BILL
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183	183	A BILL
184	184	TO BE ENTITLED
185	185	AN ACT
186	186	Relating to child sexual abuse material; to amend
187	187	Sections 13A-6-240, as last amended by Act 2023-464, 2023
188	188	Regular Session, 13A-12-190, 13A-12-191, 13A-12-192,
189	189	13A-12-193, 13A-12-194, 13A-12-196, 13A-12-197, and
190	190	13A-12-198, Code of Alabama 1975; to further provide for the
191	191	age of a child for offenses involving child sexual abuse
192	192	material; to provide a cause of action for certain offenses
193	193	involving child sexual abuse material; to authorize a court to
194	194	award punitive damages against an individual who commits
195	195	certain offenses involving child sexual abuse material; to
196	196	direct the State Board of Education to require local school
197	197	boards to develop policies related to certain crimes; to
198	198	repeal Section 13A-12-195, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to
199	199	the commercial exploitation of child sexual abuse material; to
200	200	make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the
201	201	existing code language to current style; and in connection
202	202	therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement
203	203	of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the
204	204	meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of
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206	206	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
207	207	Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as
208	208	the Alabama Child Protection Act of 2024.
209	209	Section 2. Sections 13A-6-240, as last amended by Act
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240	240	2023-464, 2023 Regular Session, 13A-12-190, 13A-12-191,
241	241	13A-12-192, 13A-12-193, 13A-12-194, 13A-12-196, 13A-12-197,
242	242	and 13A-12-198, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as
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244	244	"§13A-6-240
245	245	(a) A person commits the crime of distributing a
246	246	private image if he or she knowingly posts, emails, texts,
247	247	transmits, or otherwise distributes a private image when the
248	248	depicted person individual has not consented to the
249	249	transmission and the depicted person individual had a
250	250	reasonable expectation of privacy against transmission of the
251	251	private image.
252	252	(b)(1) For purposes of this section, "private image"
253	253	means a photograph, digital image, video, film, or other
254	254	recording of a person an individual who is identifiable from
255	255	the recording itself or from the circumstances of its
256	256	transmission and who is engaged in any act of sadomasochistic
257	257	abuse, sexual intercourse, sexual excitement, masturbation,
258	258	breast nudity, as defined in Section 13A-12-190, genital
259	259	nudity, or other sexual conduct sexually explicit conduct, as
260	260	defined in Section 13A-12-190 .
261	261	(2) The term includes a recording that has been edited,
262	262	altered, or otherwise manipulated from its original form.
263	263	(c)(1) For purposes of this section, a "reasonable
264	264	expectation of privacy" includes, but is not limited to,
265	265	either of the following circumstances:
266	266	a. The person individual depicted in the private image
267	267	created it or consented to its creation believing that it
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299	299	b. The sexual conduct depicted in the image was
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301	301	(2) There is no reasonable expectation of privacy
302	302	against the transmission of a private image made voluntarily
303	303	in a public or commercial setting.
304	304	(d) It is a defense to distributing a private image if
305	305	the distribution of the private image was made in the public
306	306	interest, including, but not limited to, the reporting of
307	307	unlawful conduct; the lawful and common practices of law
308	308	enforcement, legal proceedings, or medical treatment; or a
309	309	bona fide attempt to prevent further distribution of the
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311	311	(e) For the purposes of determining jurisdiction, the
312	312	crime of distributing a private image shall be considered to
313	313	be committed in any county in which any part of the crime took
314	314	place, in the county of residence of the victim or defendant,
315	315	or any county where the image is received.
316	316	(f) A violation of this section is a Class A
317	317	misdemeanor. A subsequent adjudication or conviction under
318	318	this section is a Class C felony."
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320	320	For the purposes of this division, the following terms
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323	323	(1)(4) DISSEMINATE. To transmit, distribute, sell,
324	324	lend, provide, transfer, or show, including through electronic
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326	326	(2)(3) DISPLAY PUBLICLY. The exposing, placing,
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356	356	(2)(3) DISPLAY PUBLICLY. The exposing, placing,
357	357	posting, exhibiting, or in any fashion displaying in any
358	358	location, whether public or private, an item in such a manner
359	359	that it may be readily seen and its content or character
360	360	distinguished by normal unaided vision viewing it from a
361	361	public thoroughfare, depot, or vehicle.
362	362	(3)(9) PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE, DEPOT, OR VEHICLE. Any
363	363	street, highway, park, depot, or transportation platform or
364	364	other place, whether indoors or outoutdoors, or any vehicle
365	365	for public transportation, owned or operated by government,
366	366	either directly or through a public corporation or authority,
367	367	or owned or operated by any agency of public transportation
368	368	that is designed for the use, enjoyment, or transportation of
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370	370	(4)(6) KNOWINGLY. A person knowingly disseminates or
371	371	publicly displays obscene matter acts regarding child sexual
372	372	abuse material when the person knows the nature of the
373	373	mattermaterial. A person knows the nature of the matter
374	374	material when either of the following circumstances exist:
375	375	a. The person is aware of the character and content of
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377	377	b. The person recklessly disregards circumstances
378	378	suggesting the character and content of the mattermaterial.
379	379	(5)(10)SADO-MASOCHISTIC SADOMASOCHISTIC ABUSE. Such
380	380	term means either Either of the following:
381	381	a. Flagellation or torture, for the purpose of sexual
382	382	stimulation, by or upon a person an individual who is nude or
383	383	clad in undergarments or in a revealing or bizarre costume.
384	384	b. The condition of a person an individual who is nude
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414	414	b. The condition of a person an individual who is nude
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416	416	being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restrained for
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418	418	(6)(12) SEXUAL EXCITEMENT. The condition of human male
419	419	or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation.
420	420	(7)(13) SEXUAL INTERCOURSE. Intercourse, real or
421	421	simulated, whether genital-genital, oral-genital,
422	422	anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons
423	423	individuals of the same or opposite sex or between a human and
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425	425	(8)(7) MASTURBATION. Manipulation, by hand or
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428	428	(9)(8) OTHER SEXUAL CONDUCT. Any touching of the
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431	431	members of the same or opposite sex or between humans and
432	432	animals in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or
433	433	gratification.
434	434	(10)(1) BREAST NUDITY. The lewd showing of the
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437	437	(11)(5) GENITAL NUDITY. The lewd showing of the
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439	439	(12) MATTER. Any book, magazine, newspaper, or other
440	440	printed material, or any picture, photograph, motion picture,
441	441	video cassette, tape, record, digital video disc (DVD), video
442	442	compilation, or electronic depiction in a comparable format,
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472	472	compilation, or electronic depiction in a comparable format,
473	473	or an image, file, download, or other content stored, or
474	474	reproduced by using a computer or electronic device or other
475	475	digital storage, or any other thing, articles, or materials
476	476	that either are or contain a photographic or other visual
477	477	depiction of a live act, performance, or event.
478	478	(13) OBSCENE. a. When used to describe any matter that
479	479	contains a visual reproduction of breast nudity, the term
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481	481	1. Applying contemporary local community standards, on
482	482	the whole, appeals to the prurient interest.
483	483	2. Is patently offensive.
484	484	3. On the whole, lacks serious literary, artistic,
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486	486	b. When used to describe matter that is a depiction of
487	487	an act of sado-masochistic abuse, sexual intercourse, sexual
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489	489	conduct, the term means matter containing a visual
490	490	reproduction that itself lacks serious literary, artistic,
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492	492	(14) LOCAL COMMUNITY. The judicial circuit in which the
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494	494	(15) VISUAL DEPICTION. A portrayal, representation,
495	495	illustration, image, likeness, or other thing that creates a
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497	497	reproduction.
498	498	(16)(11) SEPARATE OFFENSE. The depiction of an
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532	532	(2) CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL. Any visual depiction
533	533	of an individual under 18 years of age engaged in any act of
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536	536	(14) SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT. Actual or simulated
537	537	conduct that includes sadomasochistic abuse, sexual
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540	540	(15) VIRTUALLY INDISTINGUISHABLE DEPICTION. A visual
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546	546	(a) Any person who shall knowingly disseminate or
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553	553	(b) Any person who shall knowingly advertise, promote,
554	554	present, distribute, or solicit by any means, including by
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588	588	depiction of an actual minor engaging in sexually explicit
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591	591	(a) Any person who knowingly possesses with intent to
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595	595	excitement, masturbation, breast nudity, genital nudity, or
596	596	other sexual conduct child sexual abuse material shall be
597	597	guilty of a Class B felony. Any transfer of the visual
598	598	depiction child sexual abuse material from any electronic
599	599	device to any other device, program, application, or any other
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601	601	or is accessible by other users, is prima facie evidence of
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603	603	(b) Any person who knowingly possesses any obscene
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606	606	sexual intercourse, sexual excitement, masturbation, breast
607	607	nudity, genital nudity, or other sexual conduct child sexual
608	608	abuse material shall be guilty of a Class C felony."
609	609	"§13A-12-193
610	610	(a) In proving that a person in a visual depiction who
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612	612	13A-12-192, 13A-12-196 and 13A-12-197 is under the age of 17
613	613	years, the state is not required to introduce into evidence a
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646	646	or is acquainted with the person alleged to be under the age
647	647	of 17 years. If the defendant or the state intends to rely on
648	648	a birth certificate to prove the date of birth of any person
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652	652	intention to rely on an official, certified copy of a birth
653	653	certificate together with a copy of the birth certificate.
654	654	(b)(a)A jury, or the court if a jury trial is waived,
655	655	The factfinder may infer from the following factors whether or
656	656	not the person individual displayed or depicted in any obscene
657	657	matter visual depiction is under the age of 17 18 years of
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659	659	(1) The general body growth and bone structure of the
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661	661	(2) The development of pubic hair or body hair on the
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663	663	(3) The development of the person's individual's sexual
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665	665	(4) The context in which the person individual is
666	666	placed by any accompanying printed or text material ;.
667	667	(5) Any expert testimony as to the degree of maturity
668	668	of the personindividual.
669	669	(c)(b) The existence of any or all of the factors
670	670	listed in subsection (b) of this section (a) shall not operate
671	671	to change the requirement that before any conviction may be
672	672	had, the state must convince the factfinder beyond a
673	673	reasonable doubt that the person individual engaged in the act
674	674	of sado-masochistic abuse, sexual intercourse, sexual
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704	704	of sado-masochistic abuse, sexual intercourse, sexual
705	705	excitement, masturbation, breast nudity, genital nudity, or
706	706	other sexual conduct in the visual depiction sexually explicit
707	707	conduct is or is virtually indistinguishable from an
708	708	individual under the age of 17 18 years of age.
709	709	(c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under
710	710	this division if the actual individual purported to be under
711	711	18 years of age and engaged in sexually explicit conduct was
712	712	an actual individual 18 years of age or older at the time of
713	713	the offense."
714	714	"§13A-12-194
715	715	The state shall not be required to establish the actual
716	716	existence or identity, either in the indictment or in any
717	717	subsequent proceeding, of the person individual alleged to be
718	718	under the age of 17 18 years of age who is engaged in any of
719	719	the acts described in Sections 13A-12-191, 13A-12-192,
720	720	13A-12-196 and 13A-12-197, which are visual depiction act of
721	721	sexually explicit conduct ."
722	722	"§13A-12-196
723	723	Any parent or guardian who knowingly permits or allows
724	724	their child, ward, or dependent under the age of 17 18 years
725	725	of age to engage in the production of any obscene matter child
726	726	sexual abuse material containing a visual depiction of such
727	727	the child, ward, or dependent under the age of 17 years
728	728	engaged in any act of sado-masochistic abuse, sexual
729	729	excitement, masturbation, breast nudity, genital nudity, or
730	730	other sexual conduct shall be guilty of a Class A felony."
731	731	"§13A-12-197
732	732	(a) Any person who knowingly films, prints, records,
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762	762	(a) Any person who knowingly films, prints, records,
763	763	photographs, or otherwise produces any obscene matter that
764	764	contains a visual depiction of a person under the age of 17
765	765	years engaged in any act of sado-masochistic abuse, sexual
766	766	intercourse, sexual excitement, masturbation, breast nudity,
767	767	genital nudity, or other sexual conduct child sexual abuse
768	768	material shall be guilty of a Class A felony.
769	769	(b) For any person who violates this section, each
770	770	depiction of each individual less than 17 years of age
771	771	instance of child sexual abuse material constitutes a separate
772	772	offense."
773	773	"§13A-12-198
774	774	Any article, equipment, machine, materials, matter,
775	775	vehicle, or other thing whatsoever used in the commercial
776	776	production, transportation, dissemination, display , or storage
777	777	of any obscene matter displaying or depicting a person under
778	778	the age of 17 years engaged in any of the obscene acts
779	779	described in Sections 13A-12-191, 13A-12-192, 13A-12-196 and
780	780	13A-12-197 child sexual abuse material shall be contraband and
781	781	shall be forfeited to the State of Alabama. The manner,
782	782	method, and procedure for the forfeiture and condemnation of
783	783	such the thing shall be the same as that provided by law for
784	784	the confiscation or, condemnation, or forfeiture of
785	785	automobiles, conveyances , or vehicles in which alcoholic
786	786	beverages are illegally transported."
787	787	Section 3. An individual who commits any of the
788	788	following crimes is civilly liable to the individual depicted
789	789	in the relevant image:
790	790	(1) Distributing a private image, pursuant to Section
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820	820	(1) Distributing a private image, pursuant to Section
821	821	13A-6-240, Code of Alabama 1975.
822	822	(2) Dissemination, distribution, or public display of
823	823	child sexual abuse material, pursuant to Section 13A-12-191,
824	824	Code of Alabama 1975.
825	825	(3) Possession of child sexual abuse material, pursuant
826	826	to Section 13A-12-192, Code of Alabama 1975.
827	827	(4) Possession with intent to distribute child sexual
828	828	abuse material, pursuant to Section 13A-12-192, Code of
829	829	Alabama 1975.
830	830	(5) Permitting or allowing a child, ward, or dependent
831	831	to engage in production of child sexual abuse material as a
832	832	parent or guardian, pursuant to Section 13A-12-196, Code of
833	833	Alabama 1975.
834	834	(6) Production of child sexual abuse material, pursuant
835	835	to Section 13A-12-197, Code of Alabama 1975.
836	836	(7) Advertising, promoting, presenting, or soliciting
837	837	child sexual abuse material, pursuant to Section 13A-12-191,
838	838	Code of Alabama 1975.
839	839	Section 4. Civil liability pursuant to Section 2 shall
840	840	consist of all of the following:
841	841	(1) The full actual damages incurred.
842	842	(2) Court costs and reasonable attorney fees.
843	843	(3)a. Punitive damages, if the plaintiff proves by
844	844	clear and convincing evidence that the defendant consciously
845	845	or deliberately engaged in wantonness or malice with regard to
846	846	the plaintiff, as defined in Section 6-11-20, Code of Alabama
847	847	1975.
848	848	b. Punitive damages awarded pursuant to paragraph a.
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878	878	b. Punitive damages awarded pursuant to paragraph a.
879	879	shall consist of up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)
880	880	per image.
881	881	Section 5. The State Board of Education shall require
882	882	each local board of education to do all of the following
883	883	before the start of the 2024-2025 school year:
884	884	(1) Develop a written policy on student discipline and
885	885	education related to the distribution of private images as
886	886	defined in Section 13A-6-240, Code of Alabama 1975, and the
887	887	distribution, dissemination, public display, advertising,
888	888	promoting, presenting, soliciting, possession, possession with
889	889	intent to distribute, and production of child sexual abuse
890	890	material as defined in Division 4 of Article 4 of Chapter 12
891	891	of Title 13A, Code of Alabama 1975.
892	892	(2) Include within the written policy a prohibition of
893	893	private, explicit, or pornographic images generated with
894	894	artificial intelligence.
895	895	(3) Broadly disseminate the policy following its
896	896	adoption.
897	897	(4) Distribute copies of the policy to all teachers,
898	898	staff, parents, and students.
899	899	Section 6. Section 13A-12-195, Code of Alabama 1975,
900	900	relating to the commercial exploitation of obscene material,
901	901	is repealed.
902	902	Section 7. Although this bill would have as its purpose
903	903	or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of
904	904	local funds, the bill is excluded from further requirements
905	905	and application under Section 111.05 of the Constitution of
906	906	Alabama of 2022, because the bill defines a new crime or
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936	936	Alabama of 2022, because the bill defines a new crime or
937	937	amends the definition of an existing crime.
938	938	Section 8. This act shall become effective on October
939	939	1, 2024.
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