HARRISBURG — A bill to outlaw so-called “revenge porn” is on its way to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

The state Senate voted unanimously Tuesday for a bill to punish the practice of posting online sexually explicit photographs or videos of ex-romantic partners as a way of humiliating them.

The bill sponsored by Berks County Sen. Judy Schwank would make the depiction of a minor a first-degree misdemeanor, while depiction of someone 18 or older would be a second-degree misdemeanor.

A first-degree misdemeanor carries a penalty of up to five years in prison, while a second-degree misdemeanor carries up to two years in prison.

Schwank says “revenge porn” can ruin lives and reputations.

PITTSBURGH — A terminally ill 79-year-old man has died in a Pittsburgh hospital where he had been under police guard since shooting his wife in what police first investigated as a possible mercy killing.Pittsburgh police instead determined Phillip Willett fatally shot his wife Catherine, also 79, because he apparently wanted her to accompany him in death. They say he tried to shoot himself, too, on Thursday, but his gun jammed.Willett died Monday morning at UPMC Mercy Hospital.Police had yet to charge or question Willett — though they were sure of his role in the shooting — and the Allegheny County Jail would not accept him as a prisoner because he was terminally ill with throat cancer.The victims’ two adult sisters were home during the shooting, but not harmed.