Senate
File
342
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
342
BY
WESTRICH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
the
criminal
offense
of
unlawful
electronic
1
transmission
of
sexually
explicit
visual
material,
and
2
providing
penalties.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
692A.102,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
1
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
2
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(06)
Electronic
transmission
of
sexually
3
explicit
picture
or
video
in
violation
of
section
709.9A.
4
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
709.9A
Electronic
transmission
of
5
sexually
explicit
visual
material.
6
A
person
who
is
eighteen
years
of
age
or
older
commits
a
7
serious
misdemeanor
if
the
person
knowingly
sends
a
picture
8
or
video,
which
the
person
knows
or
reasonably
should
know
9
is
unsolicited,
by
electronic
means
depicting
any
of
the
10
following:
11
1.
Any
person’s
genitals
or
pubic
area.
12
2.
Any
person
engaging
in
a
sex
act,
as
defined
in
section
13
702.17.
14
3.
The
covered
genitals
of
a
male
person
that
are
in
a
15
discernibly
turgid
state.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
establishes
the
criminal
offense
of
unlawful
20
electronic
transmission
of
sexually
explicit
visual
material.
21
The
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
is
18
years
of
age
or
22
older
who
knowingly
sends
an
unsolicited
picture
or
video
by
23
electronic
means
depicting
any
person’s
genitals
or
pubic
area,
24
any
person
engaging
in
a
sex
act,
or
the
covered
genitals
of
a
25
male
person
that
are
in
a
discernibly
turgid
state
is
guilty
26
of
a
serious
misdemeanor.
A
serious
misdemeanor
is
punishable
27
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
one
year
and
a
fine
of
at
least
28
$430
but
not
more
than
$2,560.
29
A
person
convicted
of
a
violation
of
the
bill
is
required
to
30
register
as
a
sex
offender.
31
A
person
convicted
of
a
violation
of
the
bill
is
also
32
required
to
be
sentenced
to
a
special
sentence
committing
the
33
person
into
the
custody
of
the
director
of
the
Iowa
department
34
of
corrections
for
a
period
of
10
years,
with
eligibility
for
35
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