Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06222 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/25/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6222
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 2464
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. COOK, 65th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6222 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 2464

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

REP. COOK, 65th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING ENTICING A MINOR THROUGH ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That sections 53a-90a and 53a-90b of the general statutes which prohibit enticing a minor through the use of an interactive computer service be amended to expand such prohibitions to manufacturers and users of electronic applications and social media on the Internet or on a telephone that are designed to entice children to engage in prostitution or sexual activity.

Statement of Purpose: 

To prohibit the use of electronic applications and social media to entice a minor into prostitution or sexual activity.