Through the Keyboard

Result: Did not pass.
Almost identical to SB5466 (see below), it was introduced in hopes of overriding Governor Lowry's veto. It was defated in a close vote. The issue is dead for this session, but may return in '97.

Bill: Senate Bill 5466
Result: Governor vetoed the bill, 5/95.
Prohibits transmission of material deemed "harmful to minors," including electronically transmitted material. The proposed "harmful to minors" standard would have applied to material:

"(a) That the average adult person, applying contemporary community standards, would find, when considered as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest of minors; and

(b) That explicitly depicts or describes, by prevailing standards in the adult community with respect to what is suitable for minors, patently offensive representations or descriptions of:

(i) Ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated; or

(ii) Masturbation, fellatio, cunnilingus, bestiality, excretory functions, lewd exhibition of the genitals or genital area, sexually explicit conduct, sexual excitement, or sexually explicit nudity; or

(iii) Sexual acts that are violent or destructive, including but not limited to human or animal mutilation, dismemberment, rape, or torture; and

(c) That, when considered as a whole, and in the context in which it is used, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors."

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