Issue Position: Safe Families. Safe Communities.

Issue Position

Technology in the 21st century is easy to access and, more importantly, dangerous for our youth when used without supervision. Social networking sites have become popular venues for child predators, House Republicans are pushing for (1) more child protections and parental control when youth access social networking sites and (2) tougher penalties for individuals who prey on children.

Educating parents how to protect children using the Internet

*Require owners of social networking websites to obtain parental notification and enforce age requirements of minors. (HB 4874)
*Ban sex offender access to social networking websites. (HB 4875)

Protecting families from domestic violence

*Provide for electronic surveillance of violators of orders of protections.
*Formally establish a violence surveillance program that requires police authorities to use specific monitoring equipment.
*Mandate intervention treatment as a remedy in every order of protection issued by the court. Make it a violation of a protective order for an abuser to not complete intervention treatment.

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