Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy to prohibit 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, provide an exception for cable services in the crime of breach of privacy and prohibit dissemination of certain items that appear to depict or purport to depict an identifiable person.

Plain English Breakdown

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Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy to prohibit 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, provide an exception for cable services in the crime of breach of privacy and prohibit dissemination of certain items that appear to depict or purport to depict an identifiable person.

Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy to prohibit 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, provide an exception for cable services in the crime of breach of privacy and prohibit dissemination of certain items that appear to depict or purport to depict an identifiable person.

What This Bill Does

• Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy to prohibit 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, provide an exception for cable services in the crime of breach of privacy and prohibit dissemination of certain items that appear to depict or purport to depict an identifiable person.

Limits and Unknowns

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Official Summary Text

Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy to prohibit 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, provide an exception for cable services in the crime of breach of privacy and prohibit dissemination of certain items that appear to depict or purport to depict an identifiable person.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL No. 2183
AN A CT concerning state agencies; relating to interpretation of statutes, rules and
regulations and documents with the force and effect of law; prohibiting deference to
the agency's interpretation by a state court or an administrative hearing officer
hearing an administrative action.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) In interpreting a state statute, rule and regulation or
document that has the force and effect of law, a state court or an
administrative hearing officer hearing an administrative action may
consider but shall not defer to a state agency's interpretation of such
statute, rule and regulation or document and shall interpret the meaning
and effect of such statute, rule and regulation or document de novo.
(b) In an action brought by or against a state agency, after
applying all customary tools of interpretation and rules of statutory
construction pursuant to law, a state court or an administrative hearing
officer hearing an administrative action shall exercise any remaining
doubt in a way that is consistent with an individual's fundamental
constitutional rights.
(c) As used in this section, "rule and regulation" and "state
agency" mean the same as defined in K.S.A. 77-602, and amendments
thereto.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the
HOUSE, and was adopted by that body

HOUSE adopted
Conference Committee Report

Speaker of the House.

Chief Clerk of the House.
Passed the SENATE
as amended
SENATE adopted
Conference Committee Report

President of the Senate.

Secretary of the Senate.
APPROVED

Governor.