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33		-	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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36	29		BILL NO. 53 By: Rader of the Senate
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40	33		West (Tammy) of the House
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45	38		An Act relating to child sexual abuse material;
46	39		amending Section 1, Chapter 181, O.S.L. 2024 (15 O.S.
47	40		Supp. 2024, Section 791), which relates to
48	41		definitions; modifying term; 21 O.S. 2021, Section
49	42		843.5, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 151, O.S.L.
50	43		2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 843.5), which
51	44		relates to child abuse; modifying term; amending 21
52	45		O.S. 2021, Section 1040.12a, as amended by Section 3,
53	46		Chapter 103, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section
54	47		1040.12a), which relates to possession of child
55	48		sexual abuse material; modifying term; amending 21
56	49		O.S. 2021, Section 1024.1, as amended by Section 2,
57	50		Chapter 103, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section
58	51		1024.1), which relates to definitions; modifying
59	52		term; updating statutory language; and providing an
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65	58		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
66	59		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 181, O.S.L.
67	60		2024 (15 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 791), is amended to read as
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69	62		Section 791. As used in this act:
	63	+	1. “Child pornography” sexual abuse material ” means the same as
	64	+	used in Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
	65	+	2. “Child sexual exploitation ” means the same as used in
	66	+	Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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97		-	1. “Child pornography” sexual abuse material ” means the same as
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99		-	2. “Child sexual exploitation ” means the same as used in
100		-	Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
101	93		3. “Commercial entity” means a corporation, limited liability
102	94		company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, or
103	95		other legally recognized entity;
104	96		4. “Digitized identification card” means a data file available
105	97		on any mobile device, which has connectivity to the Internet,
106	98		through a state-approved application that allows the mobile device
107	99		to download the data file from a state agency or any authorized
108	100		agent of a state agen cy that contains all of the data elements
109	101		visible on the face and back of a license or identification c ard and
110	102		displays the current state of the licensed or identification card;
111	103		5. “Distribute” means to issue, sell, give, provide, deliver,
112	104		transfer, transmit, circulate, or disseminate by any means;
113	105		6. “Harmful to minors” means the same as terms defined in
114	106		Sections Section 1040.75 through 1040.77 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma
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116	108		7. “Internet” means the international computer network of both
117	109		federal and nonfederal interoperable packet switched data networks;
118	110		8. “Minor” means any person eighteen (18) y ears of age or
119	111		younger;
120	112		9. “News-gathering organization ” means any of the following:
	113	+	a. an employee of a newspaper, news publication, or news
	114	+	source, printed or on an online or mobile platform, of
	115	+	current news and public interest, while operating as
	116	+	an employee as provided in this subsection, who can
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152	143		provide documentation of such employment with the
153	144		newspaper, news publication, or news source, or
154	145		b. an employee of a radio broadcast station, television
155	146		broadcast station, cable television operator, or wire
156	147		service while operating as an employee as provided in
157	148		this subsection, who can provide documentation of such
158	149		employment;
159	150		10. “Obscene material” “Obscene” means the same as used in
160	151		Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
161	152		11. “Publish” means to communicate or make information
162	153		available to another person or entity on a publicly available
163	154		Internet website;
164	155		12. “Reasonable age verification method s” means verifying that
165	156		the person seeking access to the available material is eighteen (18)
166	157		years of age or older by using the following methods:
167	158		a. use of a digitized identification card as defined in
168	159		this section,
169	160		b. verification through an independent, third-party age
170	161		verification service that compares the personal
171	162		information entered by the individual who is seeking
	163	+	access to the material that is available from a
	164	+	commercially available database, or aggregate of
	165	+	databases, that is regularly used by gove rnment
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202	192		agencies and businesses for purpose of age and
203	193		identity verification, or
204	194		c. any commercially rea sonable method that relies on
205	195		public or private transactional data to verify the age
206	196		of the person attempting to access the material;
207	197		13. “Substantial portion” means when more than a third of the
208	198		total material available on the website meets the definition of
209	199		material harmful to minors as defined in this section; and
210	200		14. “Transactional data” means a sequence of information that
211	201		documents as exchange, agr eement, or transfer between an individual,
212	202		commercial entity, or a third party used for the purpose of
213	203		satisfying a request or event. Transactional data may include, but
214	204		not be limited to, records from mortgage, education, and employment
215	205		entities.
216	206		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 843.5, as
217	207		amended by Section 2, Chapter 151, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024,
218	208		Section 843.5), is amended to read as follows:
219	209		Section 843.5. A. Any person who shall willfully or
220	210		maliciously engage in child abuse, as defined in this section,
221	211		shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishab le by
222	212		imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not
	213	+	exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a county jail not
	214	+	exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than Five Hundred
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251		-	exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than Five Hundred
252	241		Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00),
253	242		or both such fine and imprisonment.
254	243		B. Any person responsible for the health, safety , or welfare of
255	244		a child who shall willfully or mal iciously engage in enabling child
256	245		abuse, as defined in this section, shall, upon conviction, be
257	246		punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
258	247		Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a
259	248		county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less
260	249		than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand
261	250		Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.
262	251		C. Any person responsible for the health, safety , or welfare of
263	252		a child who shall willfully or mali ciously engage in child neglect,
264	253		as defined in this section, shall, upon conviction, be punished by
265	254		imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not
266	255		exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a county jail not
267	256		exceeding one (1) year , or by a fine of not less than Five Hundred
268	257		Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00),
269	258		or both such fine and imprisonment.
270	259		D. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or
271	260		maliciously engage in enabling child neglect shall, up on conviction,
272	261		be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
273	262		Corrections not exceedin g life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a
	263	+	county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less
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302	290		than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor mor e than Five Thousand
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304	292		E. Any person responsible for the health, safety , or welfare of
305	293		a child who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child sexual
306	294		abuse, as defined in this section, shall, upon conviction, be
307	295		punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
308	296		Corrections not exceeding l ife imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a
309	297		county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less
310	298		than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more t han Five Thousand
311	299		Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment, except as
312	300		provided in Section 51.1a of this title or as otherwise provided in
313	301		subsection F of this section for a child victim under twelve (12)
314	302		years of age. Except for persons sen tenced to life or life without
315	303		parole, any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or
316	304		more for a violation of this subsection shall be required to serve a
317	305		term of post-imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of
318	306		paragraph 1 of subsect ion A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the
319	307		Oklahoma Statutes under conditions determined by the Department of
320	308		Corrections. The jury shall be advised that the mandatory post -
321	309		imprisonment supervision shall be in addition to the actual
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323	311		F. Any person responsible for the health, safety , or welfare of
324	312		a child who shall willfully or maliciously engag e in child sexual
	313	+	abuse, as defined in this section, to a child under twelve (12)
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352		-	abuse, as defined in this sect ion, to a child under twelve (12)
353	340		years of age shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in
354	341		the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than
355	342		twenty-five (25) years nor more than life imprisonment, and by a
356	343		fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than
357	344		Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
358	345		G. Any parent or other perso n who shall willfully or
359	346		maliciously engage in enabling child sexual abuse shall, upon
360	347		conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the
361	348		Department of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by
362	349		imprisonment in a county jail not exceedin g one (1) year, or by a
363	350		fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than
364	351		Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and
365	352		imprisonment.
366	353		H. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in
367	354		child sexual exploitation, as defi ned in this section, shall, upon
368	355		conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the
369	356		Department of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by
370	357		imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a
371	358		fine of not less than Five Hun dred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than
372	359		Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and
373	360		imprisonment, except as provided in subsection I of this section for
374	361		a child victim under twelve (12) years of age. Except for persons
375	362		sentenced to life or life without parole, any person sentenced to
	363	+	imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a violation of this
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404	390		subsection shall be required to serve a term of post -imprisonment
405	391		supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of paragraph 1 of subsection
406	392		A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes under
407	393		conditions determined by the Department of Corrections. The jury
408	394		shall be advised that the mandatory post -imprisonment supervision
409	395		shall be in addition to the actual imprisonment.
410	396		I. Any person who shall willfull y or maliciously engage in
411	397		child sexual exploitation, as defined in this section, of a child
412	398		under twelve (12) years of age shall, upon conviction, be punished
413	399		by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for
414	400		not less than twenty -five (25) years nor more than life
415	401		imprisonment, and by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars
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418	404		a child who shall willfully or malicio usly engage in enabling child
419	405		sexual exploitation, as defined in this section, shall, upon
420	406		conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the
421	407		Department of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by
422	408		imprisonment in a county jail not exce eding one (1) year, or by a
423	409		fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than
424	410		Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and
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	412	+	K. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person
	413	+	convicted of forcible anal or o ral sodomy, rape, rape by
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453		-	K. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person
454		-	convicted of forcible anal or oral sodomy, rape, rape by
455	440		instrumentation, or lewd molestation of a child under fourteen (14)
456	441		years of age subsequent to a previous conviction for any offense of
457	442		forcible anal or oral sodomy, rape, rape by instrumentation, or lewd
458	443		molestation of a child un der fourteen (14) years of age shall be
459	444		punished by death or by imprisonment for life without parole.
460	445		L. Provided, however, that nothing contained in this section
461	446		shall prohibit any parent or guardian from using reasonable and
462	447		ordinary force pursuant to S ection 844 of this title.
463	448		M. Consent shall not be a defense for any violation provided
464	449		for in this section.
465	450		N. Notwithstanding the age requirements of other statutes
466	451		referenced within this section, this section shall apply to any
467	452		child under eighteen (18 ) years of age.
468	453		O. As used in this section:
469	454		1. “Child abuse” means:
470	455		a. the willful or malicious harm or threatened harm or
471	456		failure to protect from harm or threatened harm to the
472	457		health, safety, or welfare of a child under eighteen
473	458		(18) years of age by a person responsible for a
474	459		child’s health, safety, or welfare, or
	460	+	b. the act of willfully or maliciously injuring,
	461	+	torturing, or maiming a child under eighteen (18)
	462	+	years of age by any person;
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503		-	torturing, or maiming a child under ei ghteen (18)
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505	489		2. “Child neglect” means the willful or malicious neglect, as
506	490		defined by Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, of
507	491		a child under eighteen (18) years of age by a person responsible for
508	492		a child’s health, safety, or welfare;
509	493		3. “Child sexual abuse” means the willful or malicious sexual
510	494		abuse of a child under eighteen (18) years of age by a person
511	495		responsible for a child ’s health, safety, or welfare and includes,
512	496		but is not limited to:
513	497		a. sexual intercourse,
514	498		b. penetration of the vagina or anus, however slight, by
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516	500		amounting to sexual intercourse,
517	501		c. sodomy,
518	502		d. incest, or
519	503		e. a lewd act or proposal, as defined in this section;
520	504		4. “Child sexual exploitation ” means the willful or malicious
521	505		sexual exploitation of a child under eighteen (18) years of age by
522	506		another and includes, but is not limited to:
523	507		a. human trafficking, as provided for in Section 748 of
524	508		this title, if the offense involved child trafficking
525	509		for commercial sex,
	510	+	b. trafficking in children, as provided for in Section
	511	+	866 of this title, if the of fense was committed for
	512	+	the sexual gratification of any person,
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554		-	866 of this title, if the of fense was committed for
555		-	the sexual gratification of any person,
556	539		c. procuring or causing the participation of a minor in
557	540		child pornography sexual abuse material , as provided
558	541		for in Section 1021.2 of this title,
559	542		d. purchase, procurement , or possession of chi ld
560	543		pornography sexual abuse material , as provided for in
561	544		Section 1024.2 of this title,
562	545		e. engaging in or soliciting prostitution, as provided
563	546		for in Section 1029 of this title, if the offense
564	547		involved child sex trafficking,
565	548		f. publication, distribution , or participation in the
566	549		preparation of obscene material, as provided for in
567	550		Section 1040.8 of this title, if the offense involved
568	551		child pornography sexual abuse material ,
569	552		g. aggravated possession of child pornography sexual
570	553		abuse material, as provided for in Section 1040.12a of
571	554		this title,
572	555		h. sale or distribution of obscene material, as provided
573	556		for in Section 1040.13 of this title,
574	557		i. soliciting sexual conduct or communication with a
575	558		minor by use of technology, as provided for in Section
576	559		1040.13a of this tit le,
	560	+	j. offering or transporting a child for purposes of child
	561	+	sex trafficking, as provided for in Section 1087 of
	562	+	this title, and
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604		-	j. offering or transporting a child for purposes of child
605		-	sex trafficking, as provided for in Section 1087 of
606		-	this title, and
607	589		k. child sex trafficking, as provided for in Section 1088
608	590		of this title;
609	591		5. “Enabling child abuse ” means the causing, procuri ng, or
610	592		permitting of child abuse by a person responsible for a child ’s
611	593		health, safety, or welfare;
612	594		6. “Enabling child neglect ” means the causing, procuring , or
613	595		permitting of child neglect by a person responsible for a child ’s
614	596		health, safety, or welfare;
615	597		7. “Enabling child sexual abuse ” means the causing, procuring ,
616	598		or permitting of child sexual abuse by a person responsible for a
617	599		child’s health, safety, or welfare;
618	600		8. “Enabling child sexual exploitation ” means the causing,
619	601		procuring, or permitting of chi ld sexual exploitation by a person
620	602		responsible for a child ’s health, safety, or welfare;
621	603		9. “Incest” means marrying, committing adultery , or fornicating
622	604		with a child by a person responsible for the health, safety , or
623	605		welfare of a child;
624	606		10. “Lewd act or proposal” means:
625	607		a. making any oral, written , or electronic or computer -
626	608		generated lewd or indecent proposal to a child for the
	609	+	child to have unlawful sexual relations or sexual
	610	+	intercourse with any person,
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654		-	child to have unlawful s exual relations or sexual
655		-	intercourse with any person,
656	637		b. looking upon, touching, mauling , or feeling the body
657	638		or private parts of a child in a lewd or lascivious
658	639		manner or for the purpose of sexual gratifica tion,
659	640		c. asking, inviting, enticing , or persuading any child to
660	641		go alone with any person to a secluded, remote , or
661	642		secret place for a lewd or lascivious purpose,
662	643		d. urinating or defecating upon a child or causing,
663	644		forcing, or requiring a child to defecate or urinate
664	645		upon the body or private parts of another person for
665	646		the purpose of sexual gratification,
666	647		e. ejaculating upon or in the presence of a child,
667	648		f. causing, exposing, forcing , or requiring a child to
668	649		look upon the body or private parts of another pe rson
669	650		for the purpose of sexual gratification,
670	651		g. causing, forcing, or requiring any child to view any
671	652		obscene materials, child pornography sexual abuse
672	653		material or materials deemed harmful to minors as such
673	654		terms are defined in Sections 1024.1 and 1040.75 of
674	655		this title,
675	656		h. causing, exposing, forcing , or requiring a child to
676	657		look upon sexual acts performed in the presence of the
677	658		child for the purpose of sex ual gratification, or
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705	685		i. causing, forcing, or requiring a child to touch or
706	686		feel the body or private pa rts of the child or another
707	687		person for the purpose of sexual gratification;
708	688		11. “Permit” means to authorize or allow for the care of a
709	689		child by an individual when the person authorizing or allowing such
710	690		care knows or reasonably should know that the child will be placed
711	691		at risk of the conduct or harm proscribed by this section;
712	692		12. “Person responsible for a child ’s health, safety, or
713	693		welfare” for purposes of this section shall include, but not be
714	694		limited to:
715	695		a. the parent of the child,
716	696		b. the legal guardian of the child,
717	697		c. the custodian of the child,
718	698		d. the foster parent of the child,
719	699		e. a person eighteen (18) years of age or older with whom
720	700		the parent of the child cohabitates, who is at least
721	701		three (3) years older than the child,
722	702		f. any other person eighteen (18) years of age or older
723	703		residing in the home of the child, who is at least
724	704		three (3) years older than the child,
725	705		g. an owner, operator, agent, emp loyee, or volunteer of a
726	706		public or private residential home, institution,
727	707		facility, or day treatment program, as defined in
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755	734		Section 175.20 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
756	735		that the child attended,
757	736		h. an owner, operator, agent, employee , or volunteer of a
758	737		child care facility, as defined in Section 402 of
759	738		Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, that the child
760	739		attended,
761	740		i. an intimate partner of the parent of the child, as
762	741		defined in Section 60.1 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma
763	742		Statutes, or
764	743		j. a person who has vol untarily accepted responsibility
765	744		for the care or supervision of a child;
766	745		13. “Sexual intercourse” means the actual penetration, however
767	746		slight, of the vagina or anus by the penis; and
768	747		14. “Sodomy” means:
769	748		a. penetration, however slight, of the mouth of th e child
770	749		by a penis,
771	750		b. penetration, however slight, of the vagina of a person
772	751		responsible for a child ’s health, safety, or welfare,
773	752		by the mouth of a child,
774	753		c. penetration, however slight, of the mouth of the
775	754		person responsible for a child ’s health, safety, or
776	755		welfare by the penis of the child, or
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778		-	SB53 HFLR Page 16
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805	783		child by the mouth of the person responsible for a
806	784		child’s health, safety, or welfare.
807	785		SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 104 0.12a, as
808	786		amended by Section 3, Chapter 103, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024,
809	787		Section 1040.12a), is amended to read as follows:
810	788		Section 1040.12a. A. Any person who, with knowledge of its
811	789		contents, possesses one hundred (100) or more separate visual
812	790		depictions of child pornography sexual abuse material shall, upon
813	791		conviction, be guilty of aggravated posses sion of child pornography
814	792		sexual abuse material . The violator shall be punished by
815	793		imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a
816	794		term not exceeding life imprisonment and by a fine in an amount of
817	795		not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). The violator, upon
818	796		conviction, shall be required to register as a sex offender under
819	797		the Sex Offenders Registration Act.
820	798		B. For purposes of this section:
821	799		1. Multiple copies of the same identical material shall each be
822	800		counted as a separate it em; and
823	801		2. The terms “child pornography” sexual abuse material ” and
824	802		“visual depictions” mean the same definitions provided by Section
825	803		1024.1 of this title.
826	804
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853	830		SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1024.1, as
854	831		amended by Section 2, Chapter 103, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024,
855	832		Section 1024.1), is amended to read as follows:
856	833		Section 1024.1. A. As used in Sections 1021, 1021.1 t hrough
857	834		1021.4, Sections 1022, 1023, and Sections 1040.8 through 1040.24 of
858	835		this title, “child pornography” sexual abuse material ” means:
859	836		1. Any visual depiction of a child engaged in any act of
860	837		sexually explicit conduct;
861	838		2. Any visual depiction of a chil d that has been adapted,
862	839		altered, or modified so that the child depicted appears to be
863	840		engaged in any act of sexually explicit conduct; or
864	841		3. Any visual depiction that appears to be a child, regardless
865	842		of whether the image is a depiction of an actual chil d, a computer-
866	843		generated image, or an image altered to appear to be a child,
867	844		engaged in any act of sexua lly explicit conduct, and such visual
868	845		depiction is obscene.
869	846		B. Each visual depiction or individual image of child
870	847		pornography shall constitute a separat e item and act.
871	848		C. As used in Sections 1021 through 1024.4 and Sections 1040.8
872	849		through 1040.24 of this title:
873	850		1. “Child” means a person under eighteen (18) years of age;
874	851		2. “Obscene” means any performance or depiction, in any form or
875	852		on any medium, if said the material when taken as a whole:
876	853
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903	879		a. appeals to the prurient interest in sex as determined
904	880		by the average person applying the contemporary
905	881		standards of their community,
906	882		b. depicts, represents, or displays sexually explicit
907	883		conduct in a patently offen sive way, and
908	884		c. a reasonable person would find the material or
909	885		performance lacks serious literary, artistic,
910	886		educational, political, or scientific value;
911	887		3. “Performance” means any display, live, recorded, or
912	888		transmitted, in any form or medium;
913	889		4. “Sexually explicit conduct ” means any of the following
914	890		whether actual or simulated:
915	891		a. acts of sexual interc ourse,
916	892		b. acts of oral and anal sodomy,
917	893		c. acts of masturbation,
918	894		d. acts of sexual activity with an animal,
919	895		e. acts of sadomasochism including:
920	896		(1) flagellation or torture by or upon any person who
921	897		is nude or clad in undergarments or in a costume
922	898		which is of a revealing nature, or
923	899		(2) the condition of being fettered, bound, or
924	900		otherwise physically restrained on the part of
925	901		one who is nude or so clothed,
926	902		f. acts of excretion in a sexual context, or
927	903
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954	929		g. exhibiting genitalia, breast, or pubic area for the
955	930		purpose of the sexual stimulation of the viewer;
956	931		5. “Explicit child pornography” sexual abuse material ” means
957	932		material which a law enforcement officer can im mediately identify as
958	933		child pornography sexual abuse material ; and
959	934		6. “Visual depiction” means any depiction, picture, movie,
960	935		performance, or image displayed, stored, shared, or transmitted in
961	936		any format and on any medium including data that is capable of being
962	937		converted into a depiction, picture, movie, performance, or image.
963	938		SECTION 5. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
	939	+	Passed the Senate the 10th day of March, 2025.
964	940
965		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY , dated
966		-	04/17/2025 – DO PASS.
	941	+
	942	+
	943	+	Presiding Officer of the Senate
	944	+
	945	+
	946	+	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
	947	+	2025.
	948	+
	949	+
	950	+
	951	+	Presiding Officer of the House
	952	+	of Representatives
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