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4		-	House Bill No. 6737
	7	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6737
	8	+	January Session, 2023
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6		-	Public Act No. 23-123
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	12	+	Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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	15	+	Introduced by:
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9	20		AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CRIME OF HARMFUL
10	21		COMMUNICATION WITH A MINOR.
11	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
12	23		Assembly convened:
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14		-	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2023) (a) As used in this section:
15		-	(1) "Minor" means any person under eighteen years of age, or who
16		-	the actor reasonably believes to be under eighteen years of age;
17		-	(2) "Interactive computer service" has the same meaning as provided
18		-	in section 53a-90a of the general statutes;
19		-	(3) "Inappropriate relationship" means a relationship that is patently
20		-	offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole
21		-	with respect to what is a suitable relationship between an adult and a
22		-	minor; and
23		-	(4) "Harmful to the minor" means communication with a minor that
24		-	is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as
25		-	a whole with respect to what is a suitable form of communication
26		-	between an adult and a minor.
27		-	(b) A person, who is twenty-fiveyears of age or older, is guilty of
28		-	harmful communication with a minor when such person uses an House Bill No. 6737
	25	+	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2023) (a) As used in this 1
	26	+	section: 2
	27	+	(1) "Minor" means any person under eighteen years of age, or who 3
	28	+	the actor reasonably believes to be under eighteen years of age; 4
	29	+	(2) "Interactive computer service" has the same meaning as 5
	30	+	provided in section 53a-90a of the general statutes; 6
	31	+	(3) "Inappropriate relationship" means a relationship that is patently 7
	32	+	offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole 8
	33	+	with respect to what is a suitable relationship between an adult and a 9
	34	+	minor; and 10
	35	+	(4) "Harmful to the minor" means communication with a minor that 11
	36	+	is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as 12
	37	+	a whole with respect to what is a suitable form of communication 13
	38	+	between an adult and a minor. 14 Bill No. 6737
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32		-	interactive computer service or text message to knowingly persuade,
33		-	induce, entice or coerce a minor, to: (1) Share a photographic or other
34		-	recorded image of the minor for the purpose of providing sexual
35		-	gratification to the person who requests that the image be shared, (2)
36		-	share a photographic or other recorded image of the minor, which the
37		-	person who requests the image then disseminates to one or more third
38		-	persons for the purpose of providing sexual gratification to such third
39		-	persons, (3) engage in any communication that is part of a pattern of
40		-	communication or behavior designed to form or maintain an
41		-	inappropriate relationship, or (4) engage in any communication that is
42		-	harmful to the minor.
43		-	(c) For the purposes of this section, a violation may be deemed to have
44		-	been committed either at the place where the communication originated
45		-	or at the place where it was received.
46		-	(d) Harmful communication with a minor is a class A misdemeanor.
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	45	+	(b) A person, who is twenty-one years of age or older, is guilty of 15
	46	+	harmful communication with a minor when such person uses an 16
	47	+	interactive computer service or text message to knowingly persuade, 17
	48	+	induce, entice or coerce a minor, to: (1) Share a photographic or other 18
	49	+	recorded image of the minor for the purpose of providing sexual 19
	50	+	gratification to the person who requests that the image be shared, (2) 20
	51	+	share a photographic or other recorded image of the minor, which the 21
	52	+	person who requests the image then disseminates to one or more third 22
	53	+	persons for the purpose of providing sexual gratification to such third 23
	54	+	persons, (3) engage in any communication that is part of a pattern of 24
	55	+	communication or behavior designed to form or maintain an 25
	56	+	inappropriate relationship, or (4) engage in any communication that is 26
	57	+	harmful to the minor. 27
	58	+	(c) For the purposes of this section, a violation may be deemed to 28
	59	+	have been committed either at the place where the communication 29
	60	+	originated or at the place where it was received. 30
	61	+	(d) Harmful communication with a minor is a class A misdemeanor. 31
	62	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	63	+	sections:
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	65	+	Section 1 October 1, 2023 New section
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	67	+	JUD Joint Favorable
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