Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
House passes bill tightening offenses for disseminating obscenity and creating habitual indecent exposure offenses
Summary
The House approved changes to laws addressing dissemination of obscene or harmful material to minors and created new habitual indecent exposure offenses, the sponsor said.
Representative Torbett introduced House Bill 83, saying the measure responded to a constituent whose daughter repeatedly received obscene material from an out-of-state offender. Torbett said the bill "amends the offense of disseminating obscenity to minors to include dissemination to any minor if the offender is at least 4 years older than the minor" and requires courts to consider whether a defendant should be ordered to register as an offender where listed offenses apply.
The sponsor told members the bill also creates new offenses for "habitual indecent exposure and aggravated habitual indecent exposure" and would require registration for those offenses…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat