HB2366 S JUD 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. House Bill 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 by use of a computer; clarifying the law pertaining to the use of a computer to solicit a minor for sexual activity; removing controlled substance violations as an alleged purpose; creating a new felony offense of soliciting a minor through use of a computer for specified illegal sexual acts and committing any overt act designed to bringing himself or herself within the physical presence of the minor or someone believed to be a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity with the minor or person believed to be a minor; requiring a four year age difference between an adult and minor; establishing penalties; establishing the offense as a lesser included crime; and prohibiting the use or distribution of obscene materials by an adult to solicit or seduce a person who is or is believed to be a minor at least four years younger than the adult for unlawful sexual activity.