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Ed. Code, § 66262.5 · Article 2. Definitions

Ed. Code, § 66262.5

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(a) (1) “Sexual harassment” has the same meaning as defined in Section 212.5 and includes sexual battery, sexual violence, and sexual exploitation.

(2) Sexual harassment of students is a form of sex discrimination prohibited by Section 66270.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Sexual violence” means physical sexual acts perpetrated against a person without the person’s affirmative consent, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 67386. Physical sexual acts include both of the following:

(A) Rape, defined as penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any part or object, or oral copulation of a sex organ by another person, without the consent of the victim.

(B) Sexual battery, as defined in paragraph (2).

(2) “Sexual battery” means the intentional touching of another person’s intimate parts without consent, intentionally causing a person to touch the intimate parts of another without consent, or using a person’s own intimate part to intentionally touch another person’s body without consent.

(3) “Sexual exploitation” means a person taking sexual advantage of another person for the benefit of anyone other than that person without that person’s consent, including, but not limited to, any of the following acts:

(A) The prostituting of another person.

(B) The trafficking of another person, defined as the inducement of a person to perform a commercial sex act, or labor or services, through force, fraud, or coercion.

(C) The recording of images, including video or photograph, or audio of another person’s sexual activity or intimate parts, without that person’s consent.

(D) The distribution of images, including video or photograph, or audio of another person’s sexual activity or intimate parts, if the individual distributing the images or audio knows or should have known that the person depicted in the images or audio did not consent to the disclosure.

(E) The viewing of another person’s sexual activity or intimate parts, in a place where that other person would have a reasonable expectation of privacy, without that person’s consent, for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 303, Sec. 2. (SB 493) Effective January 1, 2021.

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