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More on Texas Sexting Reform
Published on May 31st, 2011
Written by: dmatson
A Texas lawmaker defends the bill passed by the legislature and awaiting signature by the governor.
It is a very positive development in the debate over sexting laws reform that one legislator is looking to protect kids from potential felony sex offender charges for dumb behavior. And the criticism of this effort is from those who believe it shouldn’t be dealth with in the criminal courts at all.
The ground is slowly shifting toward sensible attitudes toward this inevitable type of behavior by our kids, and that is a great thing.
If signed, a new law would be on the books in Texas that would classify sexting by minors as a Class C misdemeanor, which carries a $500 fine.
Receiving, and deleting a sexting message or image with no further action would not be considered a crime. Under current law, even having been the recipient of such an image could result in a possession of child pornography charge.
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