This bill addresses obscene animal abuse material.
This bill:
- separates animal sexual abuse from the current definition of pornographic and creates a new definition of obscene animal abuse material;
- creates a standalone criminal offense of distributing obscene animal abuse material;
- adds animal crushing to the criminal offense of distributing obscene animal abuse material;
- ensures that obscene animal abuse material is treated the same throughout the code as pornographic materials; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53G-10-103, 53H-4-213.1, 53H-4-213.7, 76-17-401, 76-17-403, 78B-6-2101, 78B-6-2102, 78B-6-2103, 78B-6-2105