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Committee amends bill to tighten obscenity statutes for graphic/anime depictions; committee record shows a fail report
Summary
Representative Moore said House Bill 458 would close a loophole prosecutors cite for graphic or anime depictions involving prepubescent characters; the committee adopted two technical amendments referencing specific criminal-code sections and then recorded a fail report in committee at the session.
Representative Moore told the committee HB458 is intended to close a loophole that has complicated enforcement when obscene material depicts prepubescent individuals in graphic or anime form. "What we've experienced... is a rise in what's called um graphic or anime porn and so this kind of closes that loophole," he said.
The committee accepted two amendments that revise statutory references and language, including a direct reference to materials described in section 13A-12-190 and to amending section 13A-12-200.2 of the Code of Alabama 1975. Members approved the amendments by voice vote. The transcript later records the bill as having received a "fail report" as amended; the exact procedural consequence beyond the transcript statement was not further detailed during the session.
Committee members had no further questions recorded for the sponsor after the amendments were adopted.
