Newsom Signs Bill to Amend Sex Offender Law

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But now the Judge gets to let the LGBTQ community a free pass if the sex act is Consensual?

The only people getting a "free pass" here were straight kids having vaginal intercourse and by "free pass", at a judge's discretion they weren't automatically put on the sex offender list. Gay kids having oral or anal sex were not subject to the same rules because oral and anal sex weren't covered under the existing law and they were automatically placed on the sex offender list.

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Fact check: New California sex offender law does not legalize pedophilia
Under existing law since 1944, when a person is found by a court to have had vaginal intercourse with a minor 14 years of age or older, and the age difference is not more than 10 years, judges are given discretion as to whether to require that person to register as a sex offender.

But that discretion only applied to a man who had vaginal intercourse. The new change permits judges to use that same discretion when the case involves voluntary oral or anal sex.

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Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Changing Sex Offender Law
The current law, in place for decades, permits judges to decide whether a man should be placed on California’s sex offender registry if he had voluntary intercourse with someone 14 to 17 years old and was no more than 10 years older than the person.

But that discretion only applied to a man who had vaginal intercourse. The new change permits judges to use that same discretion when the case involves voluntary oral or anal sex.

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Fact check: California's SB-145 eliminates an inequality in sex offender registration
SB-145 changes the law to allow judges the same level of discretion over whether certain people must register as sex offenders for consensual anal and oral sex as they already have for consensual penile-vaginal sex.

Wiener told USA TODAY that SB-145 is "a basic equity law."

“Despite massive, disgusting misinformation from the QAnon cult – including extreme death threats against me – we were able to pass SB-145, because it’s the right thing to do," he said in a statement. "I’m grateful that my colleagues saw through the lies and understood that LGBTQ young people are having their lives destroyed simply for having consensual sex. We need to stop criminalizing our youth and stop treating LGBTQ youth more harshly than straight youth."

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Newsom signs bill intended to end discrimination against LGBTQ people in sex crime convictions
opponents have deliberately distorted what the legislation will do in order to exploit anti-LGBTQ sentiment for their own political gain. He noted that police chiefs and prosecutors supported the bill, something he said they would not do if it put children at risk.

Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey helped draft the bill, which was supported by the California District Attorneys Assn., the California Police Chiefs Assn. and the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

“This bill allows judges and prosecutors to evaluate cases involving consensual sex acts between young people, regardless of their sexual orientation, on an individual basis.

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Fact check: New California sex offender law does not legalize pedophilia
Under existing law since 1944, when a person is found by a court to have had vaginal intercourse with a minor 14 years of age or older, and the age difference is not more than 10 years, judges are given discretion as to whether to require that person to register as a sex offender.

But that discretion only applied to a man who had vaginal intercourse. The new change permits judges to use that same discretion when the case involves voluntary oral or anal sex.

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Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Changing Sex Offender Law
The current law, in place for decades, permits judges to decide whether a man should be placed on California’s sex offender registry if he had voluntary intercourse with someone 14 to 17 years old and was no more than 10 years older than the person.

But that discretion only applied to a man who had vaginal intercourse. The new change permits judges to use that same discretion when the case involves voluntary oral or anal sex.

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Fact check: California's SB-145 eliminates an inequality in sex offender registration
SB-145 changes the law to allow judges the same level of discretion over whether certain people must register as sex offenders for consensual anal and oral sex as they already have for consensual penile-vaginal sex.

Wiener told USA TODAY that SB-145 is "a basic equity law."

“Despite massive, disgusting misinformation from the QAnon cult – including extreme death threats against me – we were able to pass SB-145, because it’s the right thing to do," he said in a statement. "I’m grateful that my colleagues saw through the lies and understood that LGBTQ young people are having their lives destroyed simply for having consensual sex. We need to stop criminalizing our youth and stop treating LGBTQ youth more harshly than straight youth."

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Newsom signs bill intended to end discrimination against LGBTQ people in sex crime convictions
opponents have deliberately distorted what the legislation will do in order to exploit anti-LGBTQ sentiment for their own political gain. He noted that police chiefs and prosecutors supported the bill, something he said they would not do if it put children at risk.

Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey helped draft the bill, which was supported by the California District Attorneys Assn., the California Police Chiefs Assn. and the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

“This bill allows judges and prosecutors to evaluate cases involving consensual sex acts between young people, regardless of their sexual orientation, on an individual basis.

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The only thing I really question here is why do they allow an age gap of 10 years? It has been that way for a long long time.