573.575. Sadistic online exploitation, offense of — violation, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of sadistic online exploitation if he or she:
(1) Uses the internet to manipulate, intimidate, hurt, scare, control, or threaten a victim to undergo suffering through forcing their submission, use of violence, self-harm, or destruction for sadistic or sinister purposes;
(2) Coerces a victim into performing self-harm, animal harm, harming another person, sharing personal* information, or suicidal actions or ideations;
(3) Uses nonphysical forms of coercion, manipulation, shame or fear to extort another person into providing sexually explicit content then using such content to further extort, threaten, or control the victim; or
(4) Uses intimate depictions as devices to threaten or coerce a victim by demanding any kind of financial gain.
2. The offense of sadistic online exploitation shall be a class E felony.
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(L. 2026 H.B. 2273, et al. merged with H.B. 2637 & 3155 merged with S.B. 999)
*Word "person" appears in original rolls of H.B. 2273, et al., 2026.
Nonseverability clause, see § 1.1008
Severability clause, see § 1.1005