CGS § 53a-196d. Possessing child sexual abuse material in the first degree: Class B felony.

History: P.A. 04-139 renamed offense by replacing “possessing child pornography” with “possessing child pornography in the first degree” where appearing, amended Subsec. (a) to replace provision that offense occurs when a person “knowingly possesses child pornography, as defined in subdivision (13) of section 53a-193” with “knowingly possesses fifty or more visual depictions of child pornography” and delete provision that possession of a photographic or other visual reproduction of a nude minor for a bona fide artistic, medical, scientific, educational, religious, governmental or judicial purpose is not a violation of subsection, and amended Subsec. (b) to increase penalty from a class D felony to a class B felony; P.A. 07-143 amended Subsec. (b) to require any person found guilty to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which 5 years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 10-112 amended Subsec. (a) to designate existing provision re 50 or more visual depictions as Subdiv. (1) and add Subdiv. (2) re visual depictions of child pornography that depict infliction or threatened infliction of serious physical injury; P.A. 10-191 added new Subsec. (b) re affirmative defense and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c); P.A. 14-192 amended Subsec. (a) to add Subdiv. (3) re possession of series of images in electronic, digital or other format intended to be displayed continuously, or a film or videotape; P.A. 24-118 replaced references to “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material” throughout.