Connecticut 2019 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06504 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/25/2019

                     
 
LCO No. 2020   	1 of 1 
  
General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6504  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 2020 
 
 
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. MORIN, 28th Dist. 
REP. COOK, 65th Dist. 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT PROTECTING MINORS FROM CYBER EXPLOITATION. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That title 53a of the general statutes be amended to establish a class 1 
B felony offense for any person guilty of commercial sexual abuse of a 2 
minor when such person pays a fee to the minor or a third person as 3 
compensation for the minor having engaged in sexual conduct for or 4 
with such person, including online or Internet-based sexual conduct. 5 
Statement of Purpose:   
To include online or Internet-based sexual conduct, sexual acts or 
sexual performance by a minor paid for by another person, whether or 
not either party is in the physical presence of the other and regardless 
of physical contact as a form of commercial sexual abuse of a minor.