§81.1.1. "Sexting"; prohibited acts; penalties
A.(1) No person under the age of seventeen years shall knowingly and voluntarily
use a computer or telecommunication device to transmit an indecent visual depiction of
himself to another person.
(2) No person under the age of seventeen years shall knowingly possess or transmit
an indecent visual depiction that was transmitted by another under the age of seventeen years
in violation of the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.
(3) No person under the age of seventeen years shall knowingly possess, sell, or
maliciously disseminate any video or still image created by artificial intelligence that depicts
another person who is totally nude or in a state of undress so as to expose the genitals, pubic
area, buttocks, or female breasts with the intent to coerce, harass, or intimidate another
person when the person disseminating, possessing, or selling the video or still image knows
or has reason to know that the person is not licensed or authorized to disseminate, possess,
or sell such video or still image.
B. For purposes of this Section:
(1) "Indecent visual depiction" means any photograph, videotape, film, or other
reproduction of a person under the age of seventeen years engaging in sexually explicit
conduct, and includes data stored on any computer, telecommunication device, or other
electronic storage media which is capable of conversion into a visual image.
(2) "Sexually explicit conduct" means masturbation or lewd exhibition of the
genitals, pubic hair, anus, vulva, or female breast nipples of a person under the age of
seventeen years.
(3) "Telecommunication device" means an analog or digital electronic device which
processes data, telephonic, video, or sound transmission as part of any system involved in
the sending or receiving of voice, sound, data, or video transmissions.
(4) "Transmit" means to give, distribute, transfer, transmute, circulate, or disseminate
by use of a computer or telecommunication device.
C. Any offense committed by use of a computer or telecommunication device as set
forth in this Section shall be deemed to have been committed at either the place from which
the indecent visual depiction was transmitted or at the place where the indecent visual
depiction was received.
D.(1) For a violation of the provisions of Paragraph (A)(1) or (3) of this Section, the
offender's disposition shall be governed exclusively by the provisions of Title VII of the
Children's Code.
(2)(a) For a first offense in violation of Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section, the offender
shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars,
imprisoned for not more than ten days, or both. Imposition or execution of the sentence shall
not be suspended unless the offender is placed on probation with a minimum condition that
he perform two eight-hour days of court-approved community service.
(b) For a second offense in violation of Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section, the offender
shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars,
imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or both. Imposition or
execution of the sentence shall not be suspended unless the offender is placed on probation
with a minimum condition that he perform five eight-hour days of court-approved
community service.
(c) For a third or any subsequent offense in violation of Paragraph (A)(2) of this
Section, the offender shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than seven
hundred fifty dollars, imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or
both. Imposition or execution of the sentence shall not be suspended unless the offender is
placed on probation with a minimum condition that he perform ten eight-hour days of court-approved community service.
Acts 2010, No. 993, §1; Acts 2014, No. 313, §1, eff. May 28, 2014; Acts 2026, No.
782, §1.