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HB 759 Child pornography; penalty for solicitation, registration as a sex offender.

Introduced by: Robert Hurt | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act. Adds to the list of those required to register under the Act, any person who has solicited or has attempted to solicit, by use of a communications system, certain acts that constitute violations of the taking indecent liberties with children statute. This bill is identical to SB 575.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act. Adds to the list of those required to register under the act, any person who has solicited or has attempted to solicit, by use of a communications system, (i) a person under 18 years of age for the purpose of enticing that person to perform in or be a subject of sexually explicit visual material or otherwise be involved in the production, publication, sale, or possession with the intent to distribute such material, or (ii) a person under the age of 18 years of age for the purpose of violating the law that prohibits the possession of child pornography. The bill also amends the definition of a "sexually violent offense" to include these offenses. The bill also amends the definition of a "sexually violent offense" to include use of a communications system to solicit a person under the age of 18 to go to a bawdy place for purposes of prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse or to marry another person by threat or duress, or for an individual to use a communication system to solicit a person under the age of 18 for purposes of committing a crime against nature or taking indecent liberties with children.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act. Adds to the list of those required to register under the act, any person who has solicited or has attempted to solicit, by use of a communications system, (i) a person under 18 years of age for the purpose of enticing that person to perform in or be a subject of sexually explicit visual material or otherwise be involved in the production, publication, sale, or possession with the intent to distribute such material, or (ii) a person under the age of 18 years of age for the purpose of violating the law that prohibits the possession of child pornography.