Massachusetts · Bill 1012 · 193rd General Court

An Act relative to transmitting indecent visual depictions by teens and the unlawful distribution of explicit images

  1. Introduced Feb 16, 2023
  2. In committee Feb 16, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

By Mr. Keenan, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1012) of John F. Keenan, James K. Hawkins, Walter F. Timilty, Kay Khan and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to transmit indecent visual depictions by teens and the unlawful distribution of explicit images. The Judiciary.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeReferred to the committee on The Judiciary · Joint Committee on the Judiciary
  2. HouseHouse concurred
  3. CommitteeHearing scheduled for 09/12/2023 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 · Joint Committee on the Judiciary
  4. CommitteeAccompanied a new draft, see H4115 · Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 11 cosponsors: 7 Democrats, 4 Republicans.

All 11 cosponsors

From Massachusetts's official records (malegislature.gov/api), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.