Sexting Laws in Alabama
No specific sexting law as of July 2022. “Transmitting obscene material to a child by computer” (a) A person is guilty of transmitting obscene material to a child if the person transmits, by means of any computer communication system allowing the input, output, examination, or transfer of computer programs from one computer to another, material […]
Sexting Laws in Alaska
No specific sexting law as of July 2022. Revenge porn could fall under § 11.61.120 (harassment in the second degree): “(a) A person commits the crime of harassment in the second degree if, with intent to harass or annoy another person, that person… 6) publishes or distributes electronic or printed photographs, pictures, or films that […]
Sexting Laws in Arizona
8-309. Unlawful use of an electronic communication device by a minor; classification; definitions A. It is unlawful for a juvenile to intentionally or knowingly use an electronic communication device to transmit or display a visual depiction of a minor that depicts explicit sexual material. B. It is unlawful for a juvenile to intentionally or knowingly […]
Sexting Laws in Arkansas
AR Code § 5-27-609 (2016) (a) As used in this section: (1) “Nudity” means a: (A) Showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area, or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering; (B) Showing of the female breast with less than fully opaque covering of any portion of the female breast below […]
Sexting Laws in California
No sexting specific sexting law as of July, 2022. Specific statutes concerning child pornography would apply (CA penal code 311, 311.3, 288.2) Law is described as a sexting law but sounds more like revenge porn in schools. Signed into law on September 21, 2016 “This bill would include engaging in an act of cyber sexual […]
Sexting Laws in Colorado
Colorado passed a sexting law in 2017 (CO Rev Stat § 18-7-109 [2017]). (Bill: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/sl/2017a_sl_390.pdf) (1) A juvenile commits the offense of posting a private image by a juvenile if he or she, through digital or electronic means: (a) Knowingly distributes, displays, or publishes to the view of another person a sexually explicit image of […]
Sexting Laws in Connecticut
CT Gen Stat § 53a-196h (2012) (a)(1) No person who is thirteen years of age or older but under eighteen years of age may knowingly possess any visual depiction of child pornography that the subject of such visual depiction knowingly and voluntarily transmitted by means of an electronic communication device to such person and in […]
Sexting Laws in Delaware
No sexting law as of July, 2022. AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE UNIFORM CIVIL REMEDIES FOR UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF INTIMATE IMAGES ACT. (signed 9/23/2020) This Act adopts the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act. This Act addresses an increasingly common form of […]
Sexting Laws in Florida
847.0141 Sexting; prohibited acts; penalties.— (1) A minor commits the offense of sexting if he or she knowingly: (a) Uses a computer, or any other device capable of electronic data transmission or distribution, to transmit or distribute to another minor any photograph or video of any person which depicts nudity, as defined in s. 847.001, and is harmful […]
Sexting Laws in Georgia
Georgia Code Title 16. Crimes and Offenses § 16-12-100 (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Minor” means any person under the age of 18 years. (2) “Performance” means any play, dance, or exhibit to be shown to or viewed by an audience. (3) “Producing” means producing, directing, manufacturing, issuing, or publishing. (4) “Sexually explicit conduct” means […]
