House OKs updated ‘revenge porn’ law
The state House voted Tuesday to make another effort to outlaw so-called “Statrevenge porn.”
HB 2561 is aimed at curbing situations where couples may have sexually explicit pictures or videos of each other, which they post on the Internet after the relationship ends.
The legislation makes it a crime to put publish those items without consent of the other person. Rep. J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, pushed through similar legislation last year, only to have it challenged by book publishers and the ACLU.
Sex trafficking bill
The state House voted unanimously to allow people who have previously been convicted of prostitution to have their criminal records cleaned.
Rep. Victoria Steele, D-Tucson, said the measure is aimed at helping women who were forced into prostitution. She said in Arizona, the average age that happens is 13, meaning there are children even younger being sold.
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‘‘This helps people who were victims of sex trafficking ... to get their lives back,” she said. HB 2553 now goes to the Senate.
University admission
High schoolers would be able to get into state universities without taking fine arts courses under the terms of legislation approved Tuesday by the House 52-8.
HB 2261, now in the Senate, requires the schools to accept credits in career and technical education courses in lieu of the fine arts credits requirement.
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