HR 1588
115th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Military law
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy
Sex offenses
Servicemember Intimate Privacy Protection Act
Introduced: March 16, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 5, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 16, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 16, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Servicemember Intimate Privacy Protection Act
This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit the nonconsensual distribution of private sexual images.
To be guilty of such offense, a person must have:
- knowingly broadcast or distributed a visual image of another person who is at least 18 years of age, who is identifiable from the image itself or from information displayed in connection with the image, and who is engaged in a sexual act or exposes a private area;
- obtained the image under circumstances in which a reasonable person would know or understand that the image was to remain private; and
- known, or reasonably should have known, that the person depicted in the image has not consented to its broadcast or distribution.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Committees of jurisdiction
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