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SB 348 Internet; penalty for facilitating payment by children to access sexually explicit material thereon.

Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Sexually explicit material; aiding and abetting Internet payment; penalty.  Provides that any person who intentionally operates an Internet website for the purpose of facilitating the payment for access to sexually explicit visual material that utilizes or has as a subject a person under the age of 18 years is guilty of a Class 4 felony.  This bill is identical to HB 1014.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Sexually explicit material; aiding and abetting Internet payment; penalty.  Makes knowingly aiding and abetting the payment over the Internet for access to sexual explicit material of persons under the age of 18 a Class 4 felony.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Sexually explicit material on the Internet; penalty.  Makes knowingly facilitating the payment, in any manner, for access to sexually explicit material over the Internet involving persons under the age of 18 a Class 4 felony.