US HB1588 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-2)
Status: Introduced on March 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Servicemember Intimate Privacy Protection Act This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit the nonconsensual distribution of private sexual images. To be guilty of such offense, a person must have: knowingly broadcast or distributed a visual image of another person who is at least 18 years of age, who is identifiable from the image itself or from information displayed in connection with the image, and who is engaged in a sexual act or exposes a private area; obtained the image under circumstances in which a reasonable person would know or understand that the image was to remain private; and known, or reasonably should have known, that the person depicted in the image has not consented to its broadcast or distribution.
Title
Servicemember Intimate Privacy Protection Act
Sponsors
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA] | Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA] | Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA] | Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA] |
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI] | Rep. James Himes [D-CT] | Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH] | Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] |
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV] | Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH] | Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN] | Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA] |
Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ] | Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL] | Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX] | Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN] |
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA] | Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR] | Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA] | Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA] |
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN] | Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC] | Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA] | Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2017-04-05 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. |
2017-03-16 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. |
2017-03-16 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB1346 (Related) 2017-06-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Subjects
Armed forces and national security
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Military law
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy
Sex offenses
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Military law
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy
Sex offenses
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1588/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1588/BILLS-115hr1588ih.pdf |