PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island House panel is scheduled to vote on a bill that would make it a felony to publish explicit photos of someone without their consent.
The legislation targeting so-called revenge porn would make it a felony to post sexually explicit photos or video of a person online. The penalty would be up to three years in prison, up to a $3,000 fine, or both.
The vote by the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled for Wednesday. The Senate approved a companion bill earlier this month.
Attorney General Peter Kilmartin’s office first proposed the legislation a few years ago as part of a package of Internet safety bills.
“Revenge porn” is often perpetrated by an ex-partner or a hacker mainly for the purpose of humiliation.
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