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Florida Sexting Laws Reform Effort

In the final days of this Florida legislative session, one of the items on the agenda is reform of Florida’s outdated laws regarding what is known today as “sexting”.

As the law stands now, teens who send explicit photos to each other could face felony child pornography charges, and a lifetime as a registered sex offender. But clearly the laws against child pornography were not written in an era when every teen had a camera connected to the internet inside their phone. And few people equate a teen sending a picture of himself/herself ( even a sexually explicit one) as the same thing as an adult trafficking in child pornography.The proposed bill would take these harsh penalties off the table, and set up a more rational response to incidents of teen sexting.

The new law if passed, would make the penalty 8 hours of community service on a first offense. Only on a third offense would the charges escalate to a felony level offense.

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  1. http://www.myillinoisdefenselawyer.comMore Sexting Laws Reform in The Works | Sex Crime Criminal Defense says:
    April 28, 2010 at 5:27 pm

    […] In addition to efforts in Arizona and Pennsylvania, now new efforts are underway in Illinois and Florida. […]

  2. Criminal Laws Passed in Final Florida Legislative Session | myfloridadefenselawyer.com says:
    May 18, 2010 at 4:24 pm

    […] bill to reform Florida sexting laws failed to pass, so teens sexting explicit images to other teens via cell phone remains a felony […]

  3. New Florida Sexting Laws Reform Attempt | myfloridadefenselawyer.com says:
    March 23, 2011 at 11:35 am

    […] Previous efforts at reforming these laws have failed in the legislature, largely due to timing and procedural issues. […]

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