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    I need help trying to figure out what this proposed amendment means on my absentee ballot, help?

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    The General Assembly may provide by general law for additional penalties in any case in any court in this state in which a person is adjudged guilty of keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, pandering, pandering by compulsion, solicitation of sodomy, masturbation for hire, trafficking of persons for sexual servitude, or sexual exploitation of children and may impose assessments on adult entertainment establishments as defined by law; and such appropriated amount shall not lapse as required by Article III, Section IX, Paragraph IV© and shall not be subject to the limitations of subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, Article III, Section V, Paragraph II, Article VII, Section III, Paragraph II(a), or Article VII, Section III, Paragraph IV. The General Assembly may provide by general law for the allocation of such assessments and additional penalties to the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund for the specified purpose of meeting any and all costs, or any portion of the costs, of providing care and rehabilitative and social services to individuals in this state who have been or may be sexually exploited. The General Assembly may provide by general law for the administration of such fund by such authority as the General Assembly shall determine.



    Ok so I understand this law is trying to keep children out of sexual human trafficking. Great. However, for the bolded part, does this mean it’s trying to impose laws on pornography? Do they just mean stop child pornography, or pornography in general?


    The guys who oppose this bill in the state senate:

    Bill Health: republican, very pro-life, very anti-taxes
    Hunter Hill: republican, military background (couldn’t find stuff he’s voted for/against)
    Joshua McKoon: republican, very anti-taxes, wants to improve state transportation, wants cleaner water, mixes Christian beliefs with law making procedures

    funding comes from:
    Funding for Safe Harbor will come from two narrowly tailored sources identified by the General Assembly: new fines for those convicted of crimes related to sex trafficking and a new fee on the adult entertainment industry, specifically on establishments that serve alcohol and provide entertainment involving nudity.
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    Default Re: proposed amendment that could affect porn on my absentee ballot

    Wow that is some dense legalese. As best as I can tell it looks like they are planing to add additional fines to people convicted of prostitution and pimping related offences. As well, it looks like they are planing to levy a new tax on strip clubs. The money from these new fines and the new tax will go into the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund which I am assuming is a fund set up to provide help to minors who have been forced into prostitution or child pornography.

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    Default Re: proposed amendment that could affect porn on my absentee ballot

    It does not say anything about porn IMO. It's for jack shacks and brothels, and anal sex for money, specifically and will fine adult establishments (assuming in your area strip clubs and adult stores must have some special license) if they engage in any of these things
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    Default Re: proposed amendment that could affect porn on my absentee ballot

    I looked more at it, and it looks like the main arguments against it, are against it because they oppose more taxes on the adult services :/

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    Default Re: proposed amendment that could affect porn on my absentee ballot

    "Combating Child Porn" and "Sex Trafficking Prevention" are the buzzwords used to further regulate the above-board porn industry. There are no loopholes that allow these things in the first place, but the panic and images this conjures allows the religious right to keep making laws to regulate or tax legitimate sex work out of existence.

    Child sex traffickers are not registering and paying taxes. They are not the least bit concerned about regulations of any kind. The best thing the government can do to help fight this is to keep up their undercover stings and give civilians an easy reporting method - and follow up on leads that are reported. Over-regulating legitimate workers is not the answer.

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