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House approves bill to establish an attorney-general program to help parents combat Internet sexual exploitation
Summary
HB373 authorizes an Attorney General program to assist parents and to combat Internet sexual exploitation of children; floor edits removed language obligating the Legislature to provide resources and clarified the program is permissive; the House approved the bill unanimously and referred it to the Senate.
Representative Way presented House Bill 373, describing it as a program to combat Internet sexual exploitation and to assist parents in protecting children online. He said the Attorney General’s office, which had recently instituted an ombudsman position, would be authorized to establish a program but that committee edits removed language that would make the Legislature a primary funding source.
Questions on the floor sought to clarify whether the office had authority and whether the position already hired would be funded; sponsors responded that the authority for the AG to address Internet exploitation was not included in the prior ombudsman measure and that HB373 would provide that authority. The House voted and HB373 passed unanimously (72 yes, 0 no) and was referred to the Senate.
