Bill Summary for H 792 (2015-2016)
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AN ACT TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM REVENGE POSTING ONLINE BY MAKING IT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO DISCLOSE CERTAIN IMAGES IN WHICH THERE IS A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY AND TO MAKE INDECENT EXPOSURE THAT OCCURS ON PRIVATE PREMISES A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.Intro. by Bryan.
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Senate amendments make the following changes to the 3rd edition.
Amendment #1 directs the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety to study the issue of the disclosure of images of people superimposed on other explicit images, specifically the criminal or civil actions that could result from such disclosures. Requires the Committee to report to the General Assembly on findings by April 1, 2016.
Amendment #2 enacts new GS 1-51.1, establishing a four-year time limit to bring suits or action against individuals for disclosures described and prohibited in GS 14-190.5A concerning specified disclosures of private images.
Amendment #3 enacts new GS 14-190.9(a4) making it a Class 2 misdemeanor for individuals 18 years of age or older to willfully expose their private parts in a private residence of which the individual is not a resident when in the presence of any other individual who is less than 16 years old who is a resident of that private residence.