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House committee lays over bill to raise penalties for prostituting minors
Summary
A Minnesota House committee laid over House File 128 after testimony that the bill would align penalties for prostituting minors with criminal sexual conduct statutes and after technical input from the Minnesota Department of Health; a fiscal note was ordered.
Representative Rehrig presented House File 128 to a Minnesota House committee and the committee laid the bill over for possible inclusion in the committee omnibus after testimony and questions from members.
House File 128 would raise penalties for prostituting a minor to match penalties in Minnesota’s criminal sexual conduct (CSC) statutes. "House File 128 will increase the penalties to be the same as criminal sexual conduct for prostituting a minor," Representative Rehrig said during testimony.
The change would raise maximum imprisonment terms tied to the victim’s age: for victims under 14, the penalty would increase from 20 years to 30 years (matching…
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