CRIME/SEX OFFENSES: Amends the elements of nonconsensual disclosure of a private image
HB 541 is a minor technical amendment that changes the word "person's" to "individual's" in the state law regarding the nonconsensual sharing of private images. This specific wording adjustment does not alter the legal requirements or penalties for the crime but updates the terminology within the statute. The bill directly affects the text of the law itself rather than introducing new rules or changing how the offense is prosecuted. By passing through committee and being ordered for a final reading, the bill moves closer to becoming part of the official criminal code.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed Jun 3, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2024 · House Apr 3, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
May 20, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 15, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 79, nays 19. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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