Amendment #1 to H4498

An amendment clarifying certain provisions of the bill

Mr. Jones of North Reading moves to amend the bill in section 3, by striking out, in lines 28 and 38, the word “shall” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following word:- "may".

And, further, in section 5, by striking out clause (2) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:- "(2) Whoever knowingly distributes visual material depicting another identifiable person who is nude, partially nude, or engaged in sexual conduct, when the distribution would cause a reasonable person to suffer harm, and does so with the intent to harm, harass, intimidate, threaten or coerce, or with reckless disregard for the likelihood that the person depicted or the person receiving will suffer harm, and, at the time of the distribution, knew or should have known that the depicted identifiable person did not consent to the distribution shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 2 ½ years, or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or both."