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Vermont lawmakers introduced a bill in April 2009 to legalize the consensual exchange of graphic images between two people 13 to 18 years old. Passing along such images to others would remain a crime.
In New York, Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski (D-Rockland) has introduced a bill that will create an affirmative defense where a minor is charged under child pornography laws if they possesses or disseminate a picture of themselves or possess or disseminates the image of another minor (within 4 years of their age) with their consent. The affirmative defense will not be available if the conduct was done without consent. It also creates an educational outreach program for teens that promotes awareness about the dangers of sexting.
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Other states have or have proposed lessening the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor when it's minors invovled consensually with other minors.
Would like to see an additional definition if not already in the above state's law that any uploading of such imagery to the internet is illegal. Emailing or otherwise transmitting the images (sexting) when person-to-person is lawful, but general uploading to a website or other online body is illegal.
In New York, Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski (D-Rockland) has introduced a bill that will create an affirmative defense where a minor is charged under child pornography laws if they possesses or disseminate a picture of themselves or possess or disseminates the image of another minor (within 4 years of their age) with their consent. The affirmative defense will not be available if the conduct was done without consent. It also creates an educational outreach program for teens that promotes awareness about the dangers of sexting.
Sexting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Other states have or have proposed lessening the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor when it's minors invovled consensually with other minors.
Would like to see an additional definition if not already in the above state's law that any uploading of such imagery to the internet is illegal. Emailing or otherwise transmitting the images (sexting) when person-to-person is lawful, but general uploading to a website or other online body is illegal.
