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7		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 5468
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5468
8	6		February Session, 2022
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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14	19		AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CRIME OF HARMFUL
15	20		COMMUNICATION WITH A MINOR.
16	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	22		Assembly convened:
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19	24		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2022) (a) As used in this section: 1
20	25		(1) "Minor" means any person under eighteen years of age, or who 2
21	26		the actor reasonably believes to be under eighteen years of age; 3
22	27		(2) "Interactive computer service" has the same meaning as provided 4
23	28		in section 53a-90a of the general statutes; 5
24		-	(3) "Inappropriate relationship" means a relationship that is patently 6
25		-	offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole 7
26		-	with respect to what is a suitable relationship between an adult and a 8
27		-	minor; and 9
28		-	(4) "Harmful to the minor" means communication with a minor by 10
29		-	means of an interactive computer device that is patently offensive to 11
30		-	prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to 12
31		-	what is a suitable form of communication between an adult and a minor. 13
32		-	(b) A person, who is twenty-one years of age or older, is guilty of 14
33		-	harmful communication with a minor when such person uses an 15
34		-	interactive computer service to knowingly persuade, induce, entice or 16 Substitute Bill No. 5468
	29	+	(3) "Harmful to a minor" means communication with a minor by 6
	30	+	means of an interactive computer device that is patently offensive to 7
	31	+	prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to 8
	32	+	what is a suitable form of communication between an adult and a minor; 9
	33	+	and 10
	34	+	(4) "Inappropriate relationship" means a relationship that is patently 11
	35	+	offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole 12
	36	+	with respect to what is a suitable relationship between an adult and a 13
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41		-	coerce a minor, to: (1) Share a photographic or other recorded image of 17
42		-	the minor for the purpose of providing sexual gratification to the person 18
43		-	who requests that the image be shared, (2) share a photographic or other 19
44		-	recorded image of the minor, which the person who requests the image 20
45		-	then disseminates to one or more third persons for the purpose of 21
46		-	providing sexual gratification to such third persons, (3) engage in any 22
47		-	communication of an inappropriate sexual nature, (4) engage in any 23
48		-	communication that is part of a pattern of communication or behavior 24
49		-	designed to form or maintain an inappropriate relationship, or (5) 25
50		-	engage in any communication that is harmful to the minor. 26
51		-	(c) For the purposes of this section, a violation may be deemed to have 27
52		-	been committed either at the place where the communication originated 28
53		-	or at the place where it was received. 29
54		-	(d) Harmful communication with a minor is a class D felony.30
	39	+	minor. 14
	40	+	(b) A person, who is twenty-one years of age or older, is guilty of 15
	41	+	harmful communication with a minor when such person uses an 16
	42	+	interactive computer service to knowingly persuade, induce, entice or 17
	43	+	coerce a minor, to: (1) Share a photographic or recorded image of the 18
	44	+	minor for the purpose of providing sexual gratification to the person 19
	45	+	who requests that the image be shared, (2) share a photographic or 20
	46	+	recorded image of the minor, which the person who requests the image 21
	47	+	then disseminates to one or more third persons for the purpose of 22
	48	+	providing sexual gratification to such third persons, (3) engage in any 23
	49	+	communication of a sexual nature with a minor, or that is harmful to a 24
	50	+	minor, or (4) engage in any communication that is part of a pattern of 25
	51	+	communication or behavior designed to form or main tain an 26
	52	+	inappropriate relationship with a minor. 27
	53	+	(c) Harmful communication with a minor is a class D felony. 28
55	54		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
56	55		sections:
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58	57		Section 1 October 1, 2022 New section
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60		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
61		-	In Section 1(b), redundant language was deleted.
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63		-	JUD Joint Favorable Subst.
	59	+	Statement of Purpose:
	60	+	To establish the crime of harmful communication with a minor.
	61	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	62	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	63	+	underlined.]
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