Servicemember Intimate Privacy Protection Act

Summary

Servicemember Intimate Privacy Protection Act This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit the nonconsensual distribution of private sexual images. To be guilty of such offense, a person must have: knowingly broadcast or distributed a visual image of another person who is at least 18 years of age, who is identifiable from the image itself or from information displayed in connection with the image, and who is engaged in a sexual act or exposes a private area; obtained the image under circumstances in which a reasonable person would know or understand that the image was to remain private; and known, or reasonably should have known, that the person depicted in the image has not consented to its broadcast or distribution.

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Timeline

1. 16 March 2017

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 16 March 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 16 March 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 5 April 2017

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 16 March 2017 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 March 2017

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 March 2017

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 16 March 2017

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Sponsors

• Jackie Speier · D · Sponsor
• Sanford Bishop · D · Sponsor
• ROBERT BRADY · D · Sponsor
• SUSAN DAVIS · D · Sponsor
• Tulsi Gabbard · D · Sponsor
• James Himes · D · Sponsor
• Ann Kuster · D · Sponsor
• Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
• Carol Shea-Porter · D · Sponsor
• Timothy Walz · D · Sponsor
• Ryan Costello · R · Sponsor
• Tom O'Halleran · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] · D · Sponsor
• Sheila Jackson Lee · D · Cosponsor
• Keith Ellison · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Earl Blumenauer · D · Cosponsor
• Julia Brownley · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] · D · Cosponsor
• WALTER JONES · R · Cosponsor
• Barbara Lee · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsas00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Protecting Servicemembers Online Act of 2017