HB2728--UNAUTHORIZEDDISCLOSUREOFINTIMATEIMAGE
SPONSOR: Parker
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPass"bytheStandingCommitteeon
CrimePreventionandPublicSafetybyavoteof21to0.
Thisbillestablishesthe"UniformCivilRemediesforUnauthorized
DisclosureofIntimateImagesAct",whichprovidesthatan
individualwhoisdepictedinanintimateimage,whois
identifiableinsuchimage,andwhosuffersaharmfromaperson's
intentionaldisclosureorthreateneddisclosureofsuchintimate
imagewithouttheindividual'sconsenthasacauseofaction
againstthepersonifthepersonkneworactedwithreckless
disregardaboutwhetherthedepictedindividualconsentedtothe
disclosure,aboutwhethertheintimateimagewasprivate,andabout
whetherthedepictedindividualwasidentifiable. Theidentityof
theplaintiffmaybeprotectedincourtfilingsanddocuments. The
billspecifiescertainexceptionstoliabilityfordisclosureofan
intimateimage.
Thestatuteoflimitationonacauseofactionforanunauthorized
disclosureorthreattodiscloseisfouryearsfromthedatethe
disclosurewasdiscoveredorshouldhavebeendiscoveredorfrom
thedateofthethreattodisclose,respectively.
ThisbillisthesameasHB2024(2022).
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatthisprovidesacivilcauseof
actionforvictimsofdisclosureofintimateimages.
TestifyinginpersonforthebillwereRepresentative Parker;and
theAmbulanceDistrictAssociationofMissouri.
OPPONENTS: Therewasnooppositionvoicedtothecommittee.
OTHERS:Otherstestifyingonthebillsaythatvictimsof
nonconsensualsexuallyexplicitmediaaremorelikelytosuffer
PTSDandothertrauma.AsofMay2022,46statesandDChave
passedlegislationrelatedtothisbutitisnotaFederalcrime
andthereisnotenoughevidenceindeterminingwhethertheselaws
doanythingtoreduceoccurrencesofrevengeporn.
TestifyinginpersononthebillwasSarahAnderson,MostPolicy
Initiative.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonyandwitnessestestifyingonlinecanbefound
underTestimonyonthebillpageontheHousewebsite.