Bill115th CongressFiled Mar 16, 2017Armed Forces and National Security
H.R. 1588
Servicemember Intimate Privacy Protection Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 16, 2017)
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.
What just happenedApr 5, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Who’s behind it
Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14](D-CA)Sponsor
23 cosponsors21 D2 R
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- Introduced in HouseMar 16, 2017
- Apr 5, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Military Personnel Subcommittee - Mar 16, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Services Committee - Mar 16, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 16, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House