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No. 89. An act relating to sexual extortion, voyeurism, and disclosure of
sexually explicit images without consent.
(H.626)
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Sec. 1. 13 V.S.A. § 2605 is amended to read:
§ 2605. VOYEURISM
(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) “Bona fide private investigator or bona fide security guard” means
an individual lawfully providing services, whether licensed or unlicensed,
pursuant to 26 V.S.A. §§ 3151 and 3151a.
(2) “Female breast” means any portion of the female breast below the
top of the areola.
(3) “Circumstances in which a person has a reasonable expectation of
privacy” means circumstances in which a reasonable person would believe that
his or her the person’s intimate areas would not be visible to the public,
regardless of whether that person is in a public or private area. This definition
includes circumstances in which a person knowingly disrobes in front of
another, but does not expect nor give consent for the other person to
photograph, film, or record his or her the person’s intimate areas.
(4) “Intimate areas” means the naked or undergarment-clad genitals,
pubic area, buttocks, or female breast of a person.
(5) “Place where a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy”
means:

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(A) a place in which a reasonable person would believe that he or she
the person could disrobe in privacy, without his or her the person undressing
being viewed by another; or
(B) a place in which a reasonable person would expect to be safe
from unwanted intrusion or surveillance.
(6) “Sexual conduct” shall have has the same meaning as in section
2821 of this title.
(7) “Surveillance” means secret observation of the activities of another
person for the purpose of spying upon and invading the privacy of the person.
(8) “View” means the intentional looking upon another person for more
than a brief period of time, in other than a casual or cursory manner, with the
unaided eye or a device designed or intended to improve visual acuity.
(9) “Harm” means physical injury, financial injury, or serious emotional
distress.
(b) Unlawful viewing. No person shall intentionally view, photograph,
film, or record in any format:
(1) the intimate areas of another person without that person’s knowledge
and consent while the person being viewed, photographed, filmed, or recorded
is in a place where he or she the person would have a reasonable expectation of
privacy or under circumstances in which the person has a reasonable
expectation of privacy; or

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(2) the intimate areas of another person without that person’s knowledge
and consent and under circumstances in which the person has a reasonable
expectation of privacy a person engaged in sexual conduct without that
person’s knowledge and consent while the person being viewed is in a place
where the person would have a reasonable expectation of privacy or under
circumstances in which the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
(c) Unlawful photographing, filming, or recording. No person shall display
or disclose to a third party any image recorded in violation of subsection (b),
(d), or (e) of this section intentionally photograph, film, or record in any
format:
(1) the intimate areas of another person without that person’s knowledge
and consent while the person being photographed, filmed, or recorded is in a
place where the person would have a reasonable expectation of privacy or
under circumstances in which the person has a reasonable expectation of
privacy; or
(2) a person engaged in sexual conduct without that person’s knowledge
and consent while the person being photographed, filmed, or recorded is in a
place where the person would have a reasonable expectation of privacy or
under circumstances in which the person has a reasonable expectation of
privacy.
(d) Surveillance. No person shall intentionally conduct surveillance or
intentionally photograph, film, or record in any format a person without that

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person’s knowledge and consent while the person being surveilled,
photographed, filmed, or recorded is in a place where he or she the person
would have a reasonable expectation of privacy within a home or residence.
Bona fide private investigators and bona fide security guards engaged in
otherwise lawful activities within the scope of their employment are exempt
from this subsection.
(e) Display or disclosure to a third party. No person shall intentionally
photograph, film, or record in any format a person without that person’s
knowledge and consent while that person is in a place where a person has a
reasonable expectation of privacy and that person is engaged in sexual conduct
display or disclose to a third party an image recorded in violation of subsection
(c) of this section.
(f) Applicability. This section shall apply to a person