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Senate advances bill to raise penalty for buying sex and add education requirement
Summary
Senate Bill 71 would move prosecutions for buying sex out of municipal court and make the offense a level 9 person felony in district court; it also would require courts to send convicted purchasers to education programs. The bill was reported favorably by the committee.
Senate Bill 71, carried by Senator Sandra Gossage (Senator from Johnson), would increase criminal penalties for purchasing sexual relations and move prosecutions from municipal courts to district court as a level 9 person felony. The bill also directs courts to require defendants convicted of the offense to participate in…
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