HB2366 S JUDICIARY AMT

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            The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

            Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 2366--A Bill to amend and reenact §61-3C-14b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §61-8A-4 of said code, all relating generally to the solicitation of minors; clarifying the law pertaining to the use of a computer to solicit a minor; deleting reference to offenses defined in the Uniform Controlled Substances Act; defining a new felony offense of soliciting a minor at least four years younger than the offender through use of a computer and engaging in an overt act to come into physical conduct with the minor or person believed to be a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity; creating a new criminal penalty; and prohibiting the use or distribution of obscene materials by an adult to solicit or seduce a minor, or a person believed to be a minor, for unlawful sexual activity.

Adopted

Rejected