Minnesota SF 1026: Crime of digital picture and recording misrepresentation provision

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to crime; providing for the crime of digital picture and recording​
1.3 misrepresentation; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter​
1.4 609.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. [609.8915] DIGITAL PICTURE AND RECORDING​
1.7 MISREPRESENTATION.​
1.8 (a) A person is guilty of digital picture and recording misrepresentation if the person​
1.9 intentionally alters a digital picture or recording of another person or owned by another​
1.10 person:​
1.11 (1) without obtaining the subject person's or owner's consent;​
1.12 (2) with the intent to cause a recipient of the altered digital picture or recording to​
1.13 reasonably believe that the subject person or owner authorized or transmitted the digital​
1.14 picture or recording by a means including, at a minimum, e-mail, text message, or posting​
1.15 on the Internet; and​
1.16 (3) with the intent to harm, defraud, or maliciously misrepresent:​
1.17 (i) the subject person or owner; or​
1.18 (ii) an event presented, attended, or both, by the subject person or owner, or personal or​
1.19 real property owned by the subject person or owner.​
1.20 (b) A person who violates paragraph (a) is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.​
1​Section 1.​
23-02145 as introduced​01/13/23 REVISOR KLL/AD​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 1026​NINETY-THIRD SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: LUCERO, Gruenhagen and Bahr)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​563​02/01/2023​
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety​

2.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to crimes​
2.2 committed on or after that date.​
2​Section 1.​
23-02145 as introduced​01/13/23 REVISOR KLL/AD​