Sexting Laws in South Dakota
Section 26-10-33 – Juvenile sexting prohibited-Violation as misdemeanor No minor, as defined in subdivision 26-7A-1(21), may intentionally create, produce, distribute, present, transmit, post, exchange, disseminate, or possess, through any computer or digital media, any photograph or digitized image or any visual depiction of a minor in any condition of nudity, as defined in subdivision 22-24A-2(9), […]
Sexting Laws in Tennessee
(a) A minor commits illegal use of a telecommunication device who: (1) Intentionally or knowingly, by use of a telecommunication device, transmits, distributes, publishes, or disseminates a photograph, video, or other material that contains a sexually explicit image of a minor; or (2) Intentionally possesses a photograph, video, or other material that contains a sexually […]
Sexting Laws in Texas
Sec. 43.26. POSSESSION OR PROMOTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. (a) A person commits an offense if: (1) the person knowingly or intentionally possesses, or knowingly or intentionally accesses with intent to view, visual material that visually depicts a child younger than 18 years of age at the time the image of the child was made who […]
Sexting Laws in Utah
In Utah, the penalty for minors engaging in sexting is a misdemeanor for the first offense. Subsequent offenses are felonies. http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillenr/hb0014.pdf Revenge porn law: “Distribution of Intimate Images” (signed by Governor 3/29/2014)(2) An actor commits the offense of distribution of intimate images if the actor, with the intent to cause emotional distress or harm, knowingly […]
Sexting Laws in Vermont
Title 13 : Crimes And Criminal Procedure Chapter 063 : Obscenity (Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 2802b) § 2802b. Minor electronically disseminating indecent material to another person (a)(1) No minor shall knowingly and voluntarily and without threat or coercion use a computer or electronic communication device to transmit an indecent visual depiction of himself or […]
Sexting Laws in Virginia
There is no sexting law in Virginia as of July 2022. However, other laws may be indirectly or directly implicated. Revenge porn law: http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0399+pdf Sexting law was proposed in 2018 but did not pass: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB168S2+pdf
Sexting Laws in Washington
This act may be known and cited as the responsible teen communications act. The legislature finds that exchange of intimate images by minors is increasingly common, and that such actions may lead to harm and long-term consequences. The legislature intends to develop age–appropriate prevention and interventions to prevent harm and to hold accountable youth who […]
Sexting Laws in West Virginia
Passed April 13, 2013 (effective 90 days later) (H.B. 2357) – “Any minor who intentionally possesses, creates, produces, distributes, presents, transmits, posts, exchanges, or otherwise disseminates a visual portrayal of another minor posing in an inappropriate sexual manner or who distributes, presents, transmits, posts, exchanges, or otherwise disseminates a visual portrayal of himself or herself […]
Sexting Laws in Wisconsin
There is no sexting law in Wisconsin as of July 2022. However, other laws below may be indirectly or directly implicated. Revenge porn law: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/related/acts/243.pdf
Sexting Laws in Wyoming
There is no sexting law in Wyoming as of July 2022. However, other laws may be indirectly or directly implicated. Revenge porn law (2021): https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2021/HB0085 AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; creating an offense for the nonconsensual dissemination of an intimate image; specifying elements and penalties of the offense; providing definitions; providing exemptions; and […]
