STOP IMAGES TAKEN W/O CONSENT FROM DISSEMIN.

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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2017-2018 Session
House Bill 399 (Public) Filed Thursday, March 16, 2017
AN ACT TO PROTECT PERSONS WHO ARE PHOTOGRAPHED, VIDEOTAPED, OR RECORDED WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT FROM HAVING HIS OR HER IMAGE DISCLOSED.
Intro. by Malone, Adcock, Faircloth, R. Turner.
Status: Ch. SL 2017-93 (House Action) (Jul 11 2017)

Bill History:

H 399/S.L. 2017-93

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill H 399 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Jul 12 2017 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO PROTECT PERSONS WHO ARE PHOTOGRAPHED, VIDEOTAPED, OR RECORDED WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT FROM HAVING HIS OR HER IMAGE DISCLOSED. Enacted July 11, 2017. Effective December 1, 2017, except as otherwise provided.

    Courts/Judiciary, Criminal Justice, Criminal Law and Procedure, Government, General Assembly
    STUDY, GS 14
  • Bill H 399 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: May 31 2017 - View Summary

    Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition. 

    Amends the definition of image in GS 14-190.5A to add live transmission, and to include digital or computer-generated visual depiction (was, digital, computer, or computer-generated image or picture), as well as any other reproduction made (was, made or produced) by electronic, mechanical, or other means.

    Adds the requirement that the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety study the issue of improper disclosure of an image of a person superimposed onto another image of exposed intimate parts, or depicting sexual conduct, and report findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by April 1, 2018.

    Makes conforming technical changes.

    Courts/Judiciary, Criminal Justice, Criminal Law and Procedure, Government, General Assembly
    STUDY, GS 14
  • Bill H 399 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Mar 16 2017 - View Summary

    Identical to S 255, filed 3/14/17.

    Amends GS 14-190.5A to expand the definition of image to include computer-generated images and other reproductions produced by electronic means. Deletes the definition of personal relationship and reasonable expectation of privacy. Amends the list of requirements for an act to constitute the crime of disclosure of private images to require that the offending person have obtained the image without consent of the depicted person or under circumstances such that the person knew or should have known that the depicted person expected the images to remain private (currently, requires the person to disclose the image under circumstances such that the person knew or should have known that the depicted person had a reasonable expectation of privacy).

    Effective December 1, 2017.

    Courts/Judiciary, Criminal Justice, Criminal Law and Procedure
    GS 14
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