HB 2835
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
House: JUD DP 5-3-1-0
HB 2835: observing nude minor; sexual gratification
Sponsor: Representative Nguyen, LD 1
Caucus & COW
Overview
Adds knowingly observing a nude minor for the purpose of a person's sexual gratification as
to the existing criminal statute for sexual exploitation of a minor.
History
Under current law, a person commits sexual exploitation of a minor by knowingly:
1) recording, filming, photographing, developing or duplicating any visual depiction in
which a minor is engaged in exploitive exhibition or other sexual conduct;
2) distributing, transporting, exhibiting, receiving, selling, purchasing, electronically
transmitting, possessing or exchanging any visual depiction in which a minor is
engaged in exploitive exhibition or other sexual conduct; or
3) possessing, manufacturing, distributing, advertising, ordering, offering to sell, selling
or purchasing a child sex doll that uses the face, image or likeness of a real infant or
minor under the age of 12 with the intent to replicate the physical features of the real
infant or minor.
Sexual exploitation of a minor is a class 2 felony and is punishable as a dangerous crime
against children (DCAC) if the minor is under 15 years of age (A.R.S. § 13-3553). DCACs are
a category of criminal offenses that may be treated differently when they involve a defendant
who is at least 18 years old (or tried as an adult) and a victim who is below 15 years old (or
an unborn child). Statute specifies numerous offenses that may be punishable as a DCAC,
meaning that they can be subject to increased prison sentences and special provisions
regarding the defendant's eligibility for probation or early release (A.R.S. § 13-705).
Provisions
1. Adds that a person commits sexual exploitation of a minor by knowingly observing a nude
minor for the purpose of the person's sexual gratification. (Sec. 1)
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