HB 591 - Amends and Modernizes Sex Crime Definitions in the State - North Carolina Key Vote
Timeline
- Senate Bill Passed
- May 15, 2024
- House Bill Passed
- April 27, 2023
- Introduced
- April 10, 2023
Related Issues
Stage Details
Title: Amends and Modernizes Sex Crime Definitions in the State
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that amends and modernizes sex crime definitions in North Carolina.
Highlights:
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Amends and modernizes sex crime definitions in North Carolina such as the definition of “sexual extortion” to include intentionally threatening to disclose a private image, or to decline to delete, remove, or retract a previously disclosed private image (Sec. 1).
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Defines “private images” for this bill as those depicting sexual activity or sexually explicit nudity (Sec. 1).
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Establishes the creation of pornography using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its dissemination as a criminal offense (Sec. 1).
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Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect December 1, 2024 (Sec. 5).
Title: Amends and Modernizes Sex Crime Definitions in the State
Title: Amends and Modernizes Sex Crime Definitions in the State
- Vernetta Rinoa Alston (NC - D)
- Terry Martin Brown Jr. (NC - D)
- Maria Cervania (NC - D)
- Sarah Randall Crawford (NC - D)
- Joseph Aubrey 'John' Faircloth Jr. (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rosa U. Gill (NC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Marvin Willis Lucas Jr. (NC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Charles Ruppe Smith (NC - D)
- William Thomas 'Bill' Ward (NC - R)
- Donna Marie McDowell White (NC - R)