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Self-Exploitation (Sexting) Updated July 2011 Please note that this area of law is changing rapidly. We strongly recommend checking both case law and current legislation for possible modifications to the statutes listed below, especially the status of pending legislation. ALABAMA......................................................................................................................................................4 ALASKA..........................................................................................................................................................4 ARIZONA........................................................................................................................................................4 ARIZ. REV. STAT. § 8-309 (2011). UNLAWFUL USE OF AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE BY A MINOR; CLASSIFICATION; DEFINITIONS.........................................................................................................4 ARKANSAS ....................................................................................................................................................5 CALIFORNIA..................................................................................................................................................5 A. 321, 2011-12 LEG., REG. SESS. (CAL. 2011). AN ACT TO ADD SECTION 51207 TO THE EDUCATION CODE, AND TO ADD SECTION 729.14 TO THE WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE, RELATING TO JUVENILES .....................................................................................................................................................................5 COLORADO....................................................................................................................................................6 CONNECTICUT..............................................................................................................................................7 CONN. GEN. STAT. § 53A-196H (2011). POSSESSING OR TRANSMITTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY BY MINOR: CLASS A MISDEMEANOR ..............................................................................................................................7 DELAWARE ...................................................................................................................................................7 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ...........................................................................................................................7 FLORIDA.........................................................................................................................................................7 2011 FLA. LAWS CH. 2011-180 (H.R. 75). OFFENSE OF SEXTING (EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2011) ..............7 Section 1. Sexting: prohibited acts; penalties.--.....................................................................................8 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2011. ............................................................................9 GEORGIA........................................................................................................................................................9 HAWAII...........................................................................................................................................................9 H.R. 573, 26TH LEG., REG. SESS. (HAW. 2011). OBSCENITY; PROMOTING OR POSSESSING ELECTRONICALLY COMMUNICATED INDECENT MATERIAL BY A MINOR.....................................................9 IDAHO ...........................................................................................................................................................10 ILLINOIS.......................................................................................................................................................10 705 ILL. COMP. STAT. 405/3-40 (2011). MINORS INVOLVED IN ELECTRONIC DISSEMINATION OF INDECENT VISUAL DEPICTIONS IN NEED OF SUPERVISION............................................................................................10 INDIANA.......................................................................................................................................................11 H.R. 1042, 117TH GEN. ASSEM., 1ST REG. SESS. (IND. 2011). DISSEMINATION OF SEXUAL MATERIAL ....11 IOWA .............................................................................................................................................................15 L.D. 1251, 84TH GEN. ASSEM., 1ST. SESS. (IND. 2011). CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND SEXTING ..................15 KANSAS........................................................................................................................................................18 KENTUCKY..................................................................................................................................................18 H.R. 126, 2011 LEG., REG. SESS. (KY. 2011). AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.............18 LOUISIANA ..................................................................................................................................................24 LA. REV. STAT. ANN. § 14:81.1.1 (2011). "SEXTING"; PROHIBITED ACTS; PENALTIES ..........................24 MAINE...........................................................................................................................................................25 MARYLAND.................................................................................................................................................25 MASSACHUSETTS......................................................................................................................................25 MICHIGAN ...................................................................................................................................................25 MINNESOTA ................................................................................................................................................25 MISSISSIPPI..................................................................................................................................................25 MISSOURI.....................................................................................................................................................25 MONTANA ...................................................................................................................................................26 NEBRASKA ..................................................................................................................................................26 NEB. REV. STAT. § 28-1463.03 (2010). VISUAL DEPICTION OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT; PROHIBITED ACTS; AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.....................................................................................................................26 NEB. REV. STAT. § 28-813.01 (2010). SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT; VISUAL DEPICTION; UNLAWFUL; PENALTY; AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE. .............................................................................................................27 NEVADA .......................................................................................................................................................28 2011 NEV. STAT. CH. 245 (S. 277). REVISES PROVISIONS GOVERNING CERTAIN ACTS BY JUVENILES RELATING TO THE POSSESSION, TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN SEXUAL IMAGES. (EFFECTIVE 07/01/2011) ........................................................................................................................28 NEW HAMPSHIRE.......................................................................................................................................31 NEW JERSEY................................................................................................................................................31 A. 1561, 214TH LEG., 2D SESS., (N.J. 2011). CREATES DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM FOR JUVENILES WHO ARE CRIMINALLY CHARGED FOR “SEXTING” OR POSTING SEXUAL IMAGES .......................................................31 NEW MEXICO ..............................................................................................................................................34 NEW YORK ..................................................................................................................................................34 A. 8170, 234TH SESS. (N.Y. 2011). THE CYBERCRIME YOUTH RESCUE ACT ...........................................34 S. 3439, 234TH SESS. (N.Y. 2011). AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW AND THE PENAL LAW, IN RELATION TO EDUCATING CHILDREN ON THE ELECTRONIC SENDING AND POSTING OF CERTAIN IMAGES...37 NORTH CAROLINA ....................................................................................................................................38 NORTH DAKOTA ........................................................................................................................................38 OHIO..............................................................................................................................................................38 H.R. 53, 129TH GEN. ASSEM., 2011-12 REG. SESS. (OHIO 2011). TO PROHIBIT A MINOR, BY USE OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE OR OTHER MEANS, FROM KNOWINGLY CREATING, RECEIVING, EXCHANGING, SENDING, OR POSSESSING A PHOTOGRAPH OR OTHER MATERIAL SHOWING A MINOR IN A STATE OF NUDITY .......................................................................................................................................38