Tarheel state legislators are coming up with, and advancing new ways to demand the reporting of child abuse, the prosecution of offenders and the protection of children from sex offenders who are on the internet.
The senate underwent a unanimous vote on Wednesday for legislation called the "SAFE Child Act".
The measures now heading to the House required people to report felonies or "crimes of abuse" against young people to local law enforcement. They will however face a misdeamenor if they fail to do so.
This bill also extends the statute of limitations for misdeameanor "crimes of abuse" from the current two years to 10. There are currently no time limits on prosecuting felonies or other certain misdeameanors. Existing bans on social media netoworking by certain convicted sex offenders also would be altered due to a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
