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.