- 1. A minor shall not knowingly and willfully use an electronic communication device to transmit or distribute, or otherwise knowingly and willfully transmit or distribute, an image of bullying committed against a minor to another person with the intent to encourage, further or promote bullying and to cause harm to the minor.
2. A minor who violates subsection 1:
- (a) For the first violation, is a child in need of supervision, as that term is used in title 5 of NRS, and is not a delinquent child; and
- (b) For the second or a subsequent violation, commits a delinquent act, and the court may order the detention of the minor in the same manner as if the minor had committed an act that would have been a misdemeanor if committed by an adult.
3. For the purposes of this section, to determine whether a person who is depicted in an image of bullying is a minor, the court may:
- (a) Inspect the person in question;
- (b) View the image;
- (c) Consider the opinion of a witness to the image regarding the person’s age;
- (d) Consider the opinion of a medical expert who viewed the image; or
- (e) Use any other method authorized by the rules of evidence at common law.
4. As used in this section:
(a) “Bullying” means a willful act which is written, verbal or physical, or a course of conduct on the part of one or more persons which is not otherwise authorized by law and which exposes a person one time or repeatedly and over time to one or more negative actions which is highly offensive to a reasonable person and:
- (1) Is intended to cause or actually causes the person to suffer harm or serious emotional distress;
- (2) Poses a threat of immediate harm or actually inflicts harm to another person or to the property of another person;
- (3) Places the person in reasonable fear of harm or serious emotional distress; or
- (4) Creates an environment which is hostile to a pupil by interfering with the education of the pupil.
- (b) “Electronic communication device” means any electronic device that is capable of transmitting or distributing an image of bullying, including, without limitation, a cellular telephone, personal digital assistant, computer, computer network and computer system.
- (c) “Image of bullying” means any visual depiction, including, without limitation, any photograph or video, of a minor bullying another minor.
- (d) “Minor” means a person who is under 18 years of age.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1634)