Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy, prohibiting certain acts related to visual depictions in which the person depicted is indistinguishable from a real child, morphed from a real child's image or generated without any actual child involvement, prohibiting dissemination of certain items that appear to depict or purport to depict an identifiable person, requiring affidavits or sworn testimony in support of probable cause to be made available to law enforcement, requiring the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause justifying a search warrant to be made by a law enforcement officer, requiring that certain prior convictions be considered when bond is being set for certain sex offenses and specifying minimum requirements and conditions for such bond; relating to appearance bonds, requiring warrants for failure to appear to be given to sureties, allowing bond forfeiture to be set aside in certain circumstances and requiring remission in certain circumstances and prohibiting a compensated surety from making a loan for certain portions of the minimum appearance bond premium required.
What changed between versions
Added new crimes for sexual exploitation of a child involving artificially generated visual depictions and morphed images of real children.
Added provisions prohibiting the dissemination of items that appear to depict identifiable persons.
Added specific exceptions for cable services in the crime of breach of privacy.
Changed the requirement for probable cause affidavits to include a statement of facts sufficient to justify a search warrant.
Revised bond rules to allow forfeiture to be set aside if a surety proves the defendant was deported from the United States.
Prohibited compensated sureties from making loans for certain portions of the minimum appearance bond premium.
Updated the list of amended statutes to reflect the new substantive crimes and procedural changes.