6/11/14 - A measure sponsored by a local lawmaker to add to the sex offender registry a person who solicits a minor, passed the Senate last week. State Senator Joe Hune says he sponsored Senate Bill 602 because currently, solicitation is only a misdemeanor; a consequence he feels is far too lax. The Hamburg Township Republican says that while the solicitation of any prostitute is wrong, trying to pick up a minor is abhorrent. He added that the penalties for trying something âso appalling should properly reflect the crime and should not soon be swept under the rug.â The measure would make it a felony for a person to engage or offer to engage another person, who was under the age of 18 and who was not the person's spouse, for the purposes of prostitution by payment in money or other forms of consideration. The bill now moves to the Michigan House of Representatives for further deliberation. (JK)
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