Various Legislation:
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Illinois HB 2858
- Introduced 2/26/07 by Tom Cross
- Amends the Criminal Code of 1961
- Provides that a person of the age of 17 years and upwards commits the offense of indecent solicitation of a child if the person knowingly discusses an act of sexual conduct or sexual penetration with a child or with one whom he or she believes to be a child by means of the Internet with the intent that the offense of aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse be committed.
- Provides that a violation of this provision is a Class 4 felony
- 5/18/07 Passed both Houses
Florida Internet Predator Awareness Act:
- Also known as HB 531, SB 1224:
- Filed 01/07
- Act related to online dating
- Policy and Budget Council
- 4/11/07 Read 1st Time
- Placed on calendar
California AB841 An act to amend Section 288 of the Penal Code, relating to crime.
- Introduced by Portantino
- Would make it a felony for sex offenders to lie about their age on the internet with the intent to commit a sex crime and would require the state to collect convicted sex offenders e-mail addresses
Texas SB 136 Internet Safety Curriculum:
- Introduced 12/06 by Senator Jane Nelson
INTERNET SAFETY CURRICULUM. The agency shall develop and make available to school districts an Internet safety curriculum that a district may use to educate students about the potential dangers of allowing personal information to appear on an Internet website
(1) the potential dangers of allowing personal information to appear on an Internet website;
(2) the manner in which to report an inappropriate online solicitation; and
(3) the prevention, detection, and reporting of bullying or threats occurring over the Internet
the Texas Education Agency shall develop and make available to school districts an Internet safety curriculum as required by Section 28.010, Education Code, as added by this Act.
- 3/28/07 Passed Senate
- 3/30/07 Read 1st time, referred to Public Education
- 4/17/07 Scheduled for public hearing---reported favorable without amendments
- 4/24/07 House-Committee report sent to Calendar
- 6/07 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
- Visit: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=80R&Bill=SB136
Texas HB3171 Internet Safety:
- Filed 3/07/2007 by Swinford
- INTERNET SAFETY AND USE CURRICULUM. The agency shall develop and make available to school districts an Internet safety and use curriculum that a district may use to educate students about:
(1) the potential dangers of allowing personal information to appear on an Internet website;
(2) the significance of copyright laws; and
(3) the consequences of cyber-plagiarism and theft of audiovisual works, including motion pictures, software, and sound recordings, through uploading and downloading files on the Internet.
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2008, the Texas Education Agency shall develop and make available to school districts an Internet safety and use curriculum as required by Section 28.010, Education Code, as added by this Act.
- 6/07 Signed by Governor
Virginia Bills HB 2197 and SB 1393:
- Requires public libraries to include in its acceptable use policy for the Internet provisions for the selection, installation and activation of a technology protection measure on computers that have Internet access and that are accessible to the public to filter or block Internet access through such computers to child pornography as set out in § 18.2-374.1:1,
- Obscenity as defined in § 18.2-372,
- Materials deemed harmful to juveniles as defined in § 18.2-390.
- The bill also requires the policy to include a provision for disabling or bypassing the technology protection measure at the request of a patron in instances of bona fide research or other lawful purposes.
- No state funding shall be withheld and no other adverse action taken against a library by the Librarian of Virginia or any other official of state government when the technology protection measure fails, provided that such library promptly has taken reasonable steps to rectify and prevent such failures in the future
- GOvernor Signed March 2007
- Please visit: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+sum+sb1393
Illinois Senate Bill 0137 Anti Phishing Act:
- Jan 07
- Ira Silverstein
- Makes it unlawful for a person, by means of a Web page, e-mail message, or otherwise through use of the Internet, to solicit, request, or take any action to induce another person to provide identifying information by representing oneself to be a business without the authority or approval of the business.
- 3rd Reading March 13th
- 3/22/07 Passed Senate, to House
- 3/22/07 First Reading, Reffered to Rules Committee
- 3/29/07 Added alternate Chief Co-Sponsors
- Visit: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=137&GAID=9&GA=95&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=27412&SessionID=51
Il SB0014-Sex Offender Internet Identity
- Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act.
- Provides that when a sex offender registers with the appropriate law enforcement agency, he or she shall provide the law enforcement agency with all e-mail addresses, instant messaging identities, chat room identities, and other Internet communications identities that the sex offender uses or plans to use, all Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) registered or used by the sex offender, and all blogs and other Internet sites maintained by the sex offender or to which the sex offender has uploaded any content or posted any messages or information
- Amends the Sex Offender Community Notification Law
- Passed Senate
- 3/1/07 First reading, referred to RULES committee
- 3/29/07 Added alternate co-sponsors
- Please visit: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?GA=95&DocTypeID=SB&DocNum=14&GAID=9&SessionID=51&LegID=27224
IL Internet Education Safety Act-IL SB1472:
- Introduced Feb 2007, IL
- Senator Dan Kotowski
- Purpose is to inform and protect students from inappropriate or illegal communications and solicitation and to require school districts to provide education about Internet threats and risks, including without limitation child predators, fraud, and other dangers
- Creates the Internet Safety Education Alliance under the authority of the Office of the Attorney General.
- Amends the State Finance Act to create the Internet Safety Education Fund.
- Amends the School Code to mandate the provision by every public school of instruction and discussion on effective methods by which students may recognize and report inappropriate, illegal, or threatening communications on the Internet on or before the start of the 2008-2009 school year
- Recognizing and reporting solicitations by sexual predators online. Dangers of transmitting personal information on the Internet. Recognizing and avoiding unsolicited or deceptive communications received online. Recognizing and reporting cyber-bullying.
- Amended as follows:
Each school may adopt an age appropriate Internet safety instruction of students in grades kindergarten through 12.
It is hereby recommended that the curriculum provide for a minimum of 2 hours of Internet safety education each school year that includes instruction on each of the following topics:
(1) Safe and responsible use of social networking websites, chat rooms, electronic mail, bulletin boards, instant messaging, and other means of communication on the Internet.
(2) Recognizing, avoiding, and reporting online solicitations of students, their classmates, and their friends by sexual predators.
(3) Risks of transmitting personal information on the Internet.
(4) Recognizing and avoiding unsolicited or deceptive communications received online.
- 3/21/07 Passed 3rd Reading, onto House
- 3/22/07 1st Reading, Referred to Rules Committee
- 3/28/07 Added alternate Chief co-sponsors
- 4/30/07 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
- 5/9/07 Placed on calendar 2nd reading--short debate
- 5/31/07 PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- Visit: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1472&GAID=9&GA=95&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=29564&SessionID=51
Il House Bill 0660
- Introduced Feb 2007 by Representative Fred Crespo
- Amends the School Code.
- Provides that, in accordance with guidelines that the State Board of Education must develop, in every public school there must be instruction for both teachers and students on Internet safety (including without limitation how and to whom to report suspicious online encounters), illegal downloading, plagiarism, and other topics related to the Internet
- Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
- Co-sponsors added
- 3/23/07 Re-referred to Rules Committee
- Visit: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=0660&GAID=9&GA=95&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=27788&SessionID=51
Illinois HB1132, INTERNET DATING DISCLOSURE ACT:
- Sponsor Lou Lang,
Requires an online dating service provider offering services to residents of this State to disclose clearly and conspicuously, to any member who provides a billing address or a zip code in this State when registering with the provider, that the online dating provider either initiates a background check of felony and sex offense convictions on each member prior to permitting any member to communicate with a member in this State or that the online dating service provider does not initiate such a background check. - Requires an online dating service provider that conducts criminal background checks to post a safety awareness notification and provides required language for that notification.
- First reading, Assigned to Judiciary II
- 3/23/07 Re-referred to Rules Committee
- Visit: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1132&GAID=9&GA=95&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=29742&SessionID=51
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006:
- President Bush signed July 2006
- Expanding The National Sex Offender Registry
- Strengthening Federal Penalties For Crimes Against Children.
- Making It Harder For Sex Predators To Reach Our Children On The Internet. The bill authorizes new regional Internet Crimes Against Children Task-force that will provide funding and training to help State and local law enforcement combat crimes involving the sexual exploitation of minors on the Internet.
- Creates A New National Child Abuse Registry And requires Investigators To Do Background Checks Of Adoptive And Foster Parents Before They Are Approved
Operation Predator
- Helps law enforcement track down and arrest foreign pedophiles, human traffickers, sex tourists, and Internet pornographers who prey on our children.
Project Safe Childhood
- Department of Justice launched Project Safe Childhood to help Federal, State, and local law enforcement investigate and prosecute crimes against children that are facilitated by the Internet and other electronic communications.
Kentucky Senate Bill 65
- AN ACT relating to sex offender registration.
Amend KRS 17.500 to include e-mail, instant message, chat, and other Internet communications identities in the list a registrant information required to be provided by a sex offender to the sex offender registration system. - SIgned by Governor 3/07
- Please visit: http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/07rs/SB65.htm
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