,i  #aad? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4
 ,r4 #fdgh  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(          
,,repres5tatives  ,decemb] #h1 #bjaf,ms4
 ,cl>k ( ,massa*usetts introduc$ !      
foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to !          
,committee on ! ,judici>y  ,a ,,bill    
,to am5d title #ah1 ,unit$ ,/ates ,code1
 to provide crim9al & civil rem$ies =   
publication ( p]sonally id5tifiable     
in=mation ) ! int5t to d h>m4  #a4 ,%ort
 title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z !        
,int]/ate ,doxx+ ,prev5tion ,act4  #b4  
,disclosure ( p]sonal in=mation ) !     
int5t to cause h>m  7a7 ,9 g5]al ,*apt] 
#da ( title #ah1 ,unit$ ,/ate ,code1 is 
am5d$ by add+ at ! end ! foll[+3  #hha4 
,publication ( p]sonally id5tifiable    
in=mation ) ! int5t to cause h>m  7a7   
,prohibition ,:oev]1 ) ! int5t to       
?reat51 intimidate1 h>ass1 /alk1 or     
facilitate ano!r to ?reat51 intimidate1 
h>ass1 or /alk1 uses ! mail or any      
facility or means ( int]/ate or =eign   
comm]ce to kn[+ly publi% ! p]sonally    
id5tifiable in=mation ( ano!r p]son1 & z

 a result ( t publication places t p]son
 9 reasonable fe> ( ! dea? ( or s]i\s   
bodily injury to--  7#a7 t p]son2  7#b7 
an imm$iate family memb] ( t p]son2 or  
7#c7 an intimate p>tn] ( t p]son1  %all 
be subject to ! crim9al p5alty & ! civil
 liability provid$ by ?is section4  7b7 
,crim9al p5alty  7#a7 ,9 g5]al ,:oev]   
violates subsection 7a7 %all be f9$ "u  
?is title or imprison$ n m ?an #e ye>s1 
or bo?4  7#b7 ,reimbursem5t  7,a7 ,9    
g5]al ,! c\rt1 9 impos+ a s5t5ce on a   
def5dant convict$ ( an (f5se "u ?is     
section1 %all ord] ! def5dant to        
reimburse any p>ty = exp5ses necessitat$
 by su* (f5se4  7,b7 ,jo9t & sev]al     
liability ,a p]son ord]$ to make        
reimbursem5t "u ?is subsection %all be  
jo9tly & sev]ally liable = su* exp5ses )
 ea* o!r p]son1 if any1 :o is ord]$ to  
make reimbursem5t "u ?is subsection = ! 
same exp5ses4  7,c7 ,civil judgm5t ,an  
ord] ( reimbursem5t "u ?is subsection   
%all1 = ! purposes ( en=cem5t1 be treat$
 z a civil judgm5t4  7c7 ,civil action  

,an individual :o is a victim ( an (f5se
 "u ?is section may br+ a civil action  
aga9/ ! p]petrator 7or :oev] kn[+ly     
b5efits1 f9ancially or by receiv+ any?+ 
( value f p>ticipation 9 a v5ture :i* t 
p]son knew or %\ld h kn[n has engag$ 9  
an act 9 violation ( ?is section7 & may 
recov] money damages & any o!r          
appropriate relief1 includ+ reasonable  
attorney's fees4  7d7 ,def9itions ,9 ?is
 section3 7#a7 ,publi% ,! t]m publi%    
means to circulate1 deliv]1 di/ribute1  
dissem9ate1 transmit1 or o!rwise make   
available to ano!r p]son4  7#b7         
,p]sonally id5tifiable in=mation ,! t]m 
p]sonally id5tifiable in=mation means-- 
7,a7 any in=mation t c be us$ to di/+ui%
 or trace an individual's id5tity1 su* z
 "n1 prior legal "n1 alias1 "m's maid5  
"n1 social security numb]1 date or place
 ( bir?1 address1 phone numb]1 or       
biometric data2  7,b7 any in=mation t is
 l9k$ or l9kable to an individual1 su* z
 m$ical1 f9ancial1 education1 consum]1  
or employm5t in=mation1 data1 or        

records2 or  7,c7 any o!r s5sitive      
private in=mation t is l9k$ or l9kable  
to a specific id5tifiable individual1   
su* z g5d] id5tity1 sexual ori5tation1  
or any sexually explicit visual         
depiction ( a p]son describ$ 9 clause   
7#a71 7#b71 or 7#c7 ( subsection 7a74   
7#c7 ,imm$iate family memb] ,! t]m      
imm$iate family memb] means-- 7,a7 !    
sp\se1 p>5t1 bro!r1 si/]1 or *ild ( !   
subject ( ! publication or a p]son to   
:om ! subject ( ! publication /&s 9 loco
 p>5tis2 or  7,b7 any o!r p]son liv+ 9 !
 subject ( ! publication's h\sehold &   
relat$ to ! subject ( ! publication by  
blood or m>riage4  7#d7 ,intimate p>tn] 
,! t]m intimate p>tn] means a p]son :o  
is or has be5 9 a social relation%ip ( a
 romantic or intimate nature ) ! subject
 ( ! publication1 z det]m9$ by ! l5g? ( 
! relation%ip1 ! type ( relation%ip1 & !
 frequ5cy ( int]action betwe5 ! p]sons  
involv$ 9 ! relation%ip4  7#e7 ,sexually
 explicit visual depiction ,! t]m       
sexually explicit visual depiction means

 any photograph1 film1 video1 or o!r    
record+ or live transmission ( a p]son1 
:e!r produc$ by electronic1 me*anical1  
or o!r means 7includ+ depictions t are n
 /or$ 9 a p]man5t =mat71 t depicts--    
7,a7 ! lascivi\s exhibition ( ! anus1 ! 
po/-pubesc5t female nipple1 ! g5itals1  
or ! pubic area ( any p]son2  7,b7 any  
actual or simulat$ sexual contact or    
sexual act2  7,c7 be/iality2 or  7,d7   
sadi/ic or maso*i/ic conduct4  7e7      
,attempt & conspiracy ,:oev] attempts or
 conspires to violate ?is section %all  
be puni%able 9 ! same mann] z a complet$
 violation ( ?is section4  7f7          
,activities ( law en=cem5t ,?is section 
does n prohibit any lawfully au?oriz$   
inve/igative1 protective1 or intellig5ce
 activity ( a law en=cem5t ag5cy ( !    
,unit$ ,/ates1 a ,/ate1 or political    
subdivision ( a ,/ate1 or ( an          
intellig5ce ag5cy ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates4  4 
7b7 ,cl]ical am5dm5t ,! table ( sections
 at ! beg9n+ ( *apt] #da title #ah1     
,unit$ ,/ates ,code1 is am5d$ by add+ at

 ! end ! foll[+ new item3  #hha4        
,publication ( p]sonally id5tifiable    
in=mation ) ! int5t to cause h>m4  4