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Committee concurs with House bill increasing penalties for certain internet crimes against children; fiscal note anticipates limited incarceration costs
Summary
House Bill 82, targeting internet crimes against children and creating a grooming offense, was heard and later concurred in by the Senate Finance and Claims Committee. The fiscal note estimates a small number of additional convictions and associated Department of Corrections costs for contract placement.
The Senate Finance and Claims Committee heard House Bill 82, an Internet‑Crimes‑Against‑Children measure sponsored in the House by Representative Cathy Love, and took executive action to concur with the House version.
Representative Cathy Love opened by saying the fiscal note assumes convictions will lead to incarceration and supervision costs, and that the Department of Corrections (DOC) used a contract facility rate of $92 per day to estimate per‑person costs. DOJ and DOC witnesses described the fiscal assumptions: Alan Doane of the…
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