00HOUSE BILL NO. 159                                                                                                      
01 "An Act prohibiting the possession of child pornography."                                                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 11.61 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                   
04  Sec. 11.61.127.  POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.  (a)  A person                                                      
05 commits the crime of possession of child pornography if the person possesses any                                        
06 material that visually or aurally depicts conduct described in AS 11.41.455(a) knowing                                  
07 that the production of the material involved the use of a child under 18 years of age                                   
08 who engaged in the conduct.                                                                                             
09  (b)  Possession of child pornography is a class B misdemeanor.