SB342 Summary

• Creates new crime of "harassment by distribution of a private image" under Alabama Code Section 13A-11-8, applicable when a person distributes, posts, emails, texts, or transmits a private image without consent with intent to harass.

• Defines "private image" as photograph, digital image, video, film, or digital recording of a person engaged in sadomasochistic abuse, sexual intercourse, sexual excitement, masturbation, breast nudity, genital nudity, or other sexual conduct, including manipulated images.

• Establishes the offense as a Class A misdemeanor, with existing harassment crimes remaining Class C misdemeanors.

• Bill becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.

• Excludes bill from Amendment 621 constitutional requirements regarding local expenditures because it defines a new crime.