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Committee hears overhaul of child-exploitation statutes amid rising ICAC caseloads; some question penalty increases
Summary
House Bill 13-03 would restructure Indiana's child-exploitation statutes to separate possession, distribution and production, align some penalties with federal law, and extend discovery protections to civil proceedings. The Indiana ICAC presented sharp year-over-year increases in tips, arrests, and rescued children; public defenders urged caution about enhanced penalties.
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee considered House Bill 13-03, a measure to restructure Indiana's child-exploitation statutes by separating manufacturing/production, distribution and possession into distinct offenses, creating a standalone possession section, and adding aligned sentence enhancements.
Lieutenant Chris Cecil, commander of the Indiana ICAC task force, told the committee that…
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