3.0.0 2111 2022-11-01T13:50:38Z 2022-11-01T13:50:38Z Senate S 2019-07-15 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-15T19:36:33Z SHIELD Act of 2019 116 2896 HR 2019-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Identical bill CRS 2019-07-15 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-07-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. N B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2019-07-15 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-07-15 True Crime and Law Enforcement Assault and harassment offenses Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Jurisdiction and venue Photography and imaging Right of privacy Sex offenses Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2019-07-15 Introduced in Senate 2019-12-13T11:35:17Z Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act of 2019 or the SHIELD Act of 2019

This bill establishes a new criminal offense related to the distribution of intimate visual depictions.

Specifically, it makes it a crime to knowingly distribute (or intentionally threaten to distribute) an intimate visual depiction of an individual (1) with knowledge of or reckless disregard for the individual's lack of consent and reasonable expectation of privacy, and (2) without a reasonable belief that distributing the depiction touches a matter of public concern.

A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.

]]> SHIELD Act of 2019 Display Title SHIELD Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced SHIELD Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that it is unlawful to knowingly distribute private intimate visual depictions with reckless disregard for the individual's lack of consent to the distribution, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2111is/xml/BILLS-116s2111is.xml 2019-07-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.