No. CS/SB 1750
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Sexual Offenses; Revising a criteria related to the reclassification of specified offenses; revising mandatory minimum sentences for certain sexual offenses by persons previously convicted of sexual offenses; increasing the criminal penalties for a person who is guilty of the use of a child in a sexual performance under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from employing, authorizing, or inducing a child younger than 12 years of age to engage in a sexual performance; providing criminal penalties for a person transmitting child pornography to another person, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe bill creates a new life felony for employing a child under 12 in a sexual performance, carrying a 25-year mandatory minimum sentence for adult offenders.
It increases the mandatory minimum for transmitting child pornography to five years and elevates the offense from a third-degree to a second-degree felony.
The law adds a new second-degree felony for transmitting generated child pornography, explicitly covering the sharing of links or access credentials to cloud storage.
It raises the mandatory minimum for promoting a child's sexual performance to five years and for using a child in a sexual performance to 15 years.
AIRaises the mandatory minimum prison terms for repeat offenders convicted of specific sexual offenses, including a 30-year minimum for certain child pornography and sexual performance charges.
AICreates a new life felony offense for employing or inducing a child under 12 in a sexual performance, carrying a mandatory 25-year minimum sentence for adult offenders.
AIMakes it a second-degree felony to knowingly transmit AI-generated or otherwise created child pornography, including by sharing links or access credentials to cloud storage.
AIImposes a 5-year mandatory minimum prison sentence for adults convicted of transmitting child pornography, subject to a judicial exception for specific peer-to-peer circumstances.
AIAllows courts to waive mandatory minimum sentences for certain child sexual performance and pornography offenses if the depicted child was 14 or older, the image was created with the child's permission, the offender was within 4 years of the child's age, and the content was not shared with third parties.
AIElevates the penalty for knowingly engaging in sexual contact with an animal to a second-degree felony and adds a mandatory court order prohibiting the convicted person from owning, harboring, or residing with animals for at least five years.
AIElevates the penalty for knowingly possessing or intentionally viewing child pornography from a third-degree to a second-degree felony.
AIElevates the penalty for promoting a sexual performance by a child to a first-degree felony and imposes a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence for adult offenders.