2023 Senate Bill 204

Crimes: internet; penalties for coercing a vulnerable adult into providing sexually explicit visual material; provide for.

A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “The Michigan penal code,” (MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 145h.

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Makes it illegal to harass, abuse, threaten, compel, force, coerce, or exploit the vulnerability of a vulnerable adult in a way that causes them to provide sexually explicit visual material. Violation of this provision is classified as a misdemeanor, punishable by up to 93 days in prison, a fine of up to $500, or both.

Introduced in the Senate

March 16, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Veronica Klinefelt (D-11) and eight co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Dayna Polehanki (D-5), Mallory McMorrow (D-8), Rosemary Bayer (D-13), Sue Shink (D-14), Paul Wojno (D-10), Sylvia Santana (D-2), Stephanie Chang (D-3) and Erika Geiss (D-1)

Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety