S 1346
115th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Assault and harassment offenses
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Military law
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy
Sex offenses
Protecting Servicemembers Online Act of 2017
Introduced: June 13, 2017
Introduced by:
Warren, Elizabeth
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 13, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jun 13, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Protecting Servicemembers Online Act of 2017
This bill subjects to a court-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice a person who:
- knowingly broadcasts or distributes an identifiable visual image of another person who is at least 18 years old, who is engaged in a sexual act or exposes a private area, and who had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the depicted conduct;
- knows that the image was to remain private;
- knows that the depicted person has not consented to the broadcast or distribution; and
- broadcasts or distributes the image with the intent to harm, harass, intimidate, or coerce such person.
The broadcast or distribution by a person of his or her visual image to one other particular person shall not by itself constitute consent for such image's broadcast or distribution by that particular person to any other person.
The bill also subjects to a court-martial a person who:
- intentionally engages in a course of conduct with the intent to cause harm through directing harassing communications at another specific person; and
- causes harm to such person or to such person's military unit by such communication.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1