H.R. 5896 · 114th Congress
Intimate Privacy Protection Act of 2016
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Jackie Speier
- Introduced
- 2016-07-14
- Latest action
- 2016-08-10 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Summary
Intimate Privacy Protection Act of 2016
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful to knowingly distribute a photograph, film, or video of a person engaging in sexually explicit conduct or of a person's naked genitals or post-pubescent female nipple with reckless disregard for the person's lack of consent if the person is identifiable from the image itself or from information displayed in connection with the image. The bill establishes exceptions to the ban.