Kansas Legislators have introduced a new Bill that would add online child pornography to the list of sexually violent offenses that require convicted felons to register as sex offenders. Senate Bill 368 comes at the request of Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, who says the Bill would require individuals who are convicted of Internet Trading in Child Pornography or Aggravated Internet Trading in Child Pornography to register as Sexually violent Offenders. Schmidt says it’s a matter of the law needing to catch up with technology and this will prevent more kids from becoming victims.
The Attorney General’s Office testified there is a strong correlations between collecting and disseminating child phonography and contact offenses against children, so adding a registration requirement to these online sex crimes against children will increase protection for vulnerable populations.
