SENATE BILL NO. 204

March 16, 2023, Introduced by Senators KLINEFELT, POLEHANKI, MCMORROW, BAYER, SHINK, WOJNO, SANTANA, CHANG and GEISS and referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety.

A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

"The Michigan penal code,"

(MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 145h.

The people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 145h. (1) A person shall not intentionally or knowingly harass, abuse, threaten, compel, force, coerce, or exploit the vulnerability of a vulnerable adult in a manner that causes the vulnerable adult to provide that person, or any other person, sexually explicit visual material.

(2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.

(3) As used in this section:

(a) "Sexually explicit visual material" means that term as defined in section 145e.

(b) "Vulnerable adult" means that term as defined in section 145m.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.