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Lawmakers debated whether sex offenders should be given longer minimum sentences – or whether that would only force more cases to go to trial, putting more young victims on the witness stand to relive what happened to them.  By the end of the day Monday, the House backed increasing the mandatory minimum for second offenders from 10 years to 25 years in prison.  The House advanced the bill to third reading.  If approved by the House today, the bill would go to the Senate.  The bill is House Bill 140.

A bill calling for a prison term of up to 12 years and a fine of up to $10,000 for inducing or permitting a child to be engaged in pornography was voted on by Senators 26-4.  The bill toughens the state’s anti-child porn law, cracking down on computer-generated child pornography.  According to the Associated Press, it also makes it illegal to manufacture, receive, reproduce or possess child pornography.  Language that outlaws creating images of children that appear to be engaging in sexual conduct has also been reinserted by Senators.