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Bill would criminalize traveling from out-of-state to meet a minor for indecent purposes; prosecutors raised questions about overlap with existing statutes
Summary
Representative Taylor introduced HB 421 to create a felony for traveling from another state to meet a minor for indecent purposes. Defense counsel and prosecutors at the hearing said existing statutes may already cover the conduct; the committee held the measure as a hearing only to allow further review.
Representative Taylor presented House Bill 421, a statutory proposal targeting adults who travel from another state to meet minors for indecent purposes. Taylor said the measure was drafted after a local Thomasville case in which a prosecutor contended no existing statute applied; the proposed offense would make it a felony for a person who travels from another state with the intent to commit specified sexual offenses against a minor. (Representative Taylor.)
Criminal-defense attorney Carlos…
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