Braden’s Law (Ohio)

Ohio House Bill 531 (2025), known as Braden’s Law, criminalizes sexual extortion, defined as threatening to release or distribute private images, as a third-degree felony, subject to enhancement to a first-degree felony under certain aggravating circumstances. The law also requires courts to consider parental requests for access to the phones of deceased minors.

Topics

• Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV)

Geographical location

• North America
• United States
• Ohio

Keywords

• consent
• Right to privacy
• sextortion

Year

• 2025

External URL

• Braden’s Law (Ohio)

Type

• Legislation

Jurisdiction

• Ohio