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CT HB06921
Bill
Status
Passed
7/7/2015
Primary Sponsor
Judiciary Committee
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AI Summary
- Expands voyeurism statute to include four categories of offenses: recording without consent, trespassing to observe in private spaces, and recording intimate body parts or undergarments without consent
- Increases penalties from class D felony to class C felony for subsequent offenses or when victim is under 16 years old or offender has prior sex offense convictions
- Establishes 5-year statute of limitations for prosecution, running from offense date or discovery of the recording, whichever is later
- Creates new crime of "unlawful dissemination of an intimate image" making it a class A misdemeanor to distribute intimate images without consent when recipient understands image would not be shared
- Includes exemptions from dissemination prosecution for images from public/commercial settings, images where person is not identifiable, or dissemination serving public interest
Legislative Description
An Act Concerning Invasions Of Privacy.
Last Action
Signed by the Governor
7/7/2015
Committee Referrals
Judiciary2/26/2015
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