Ah the new law is directed at getting an old "Blue Law" or similar - off the books.

It's like the laws that don't let married couples do what they want in the bedroom. Many States have some crazy laws left on the books. But actually prosecuting them selectively is where the problem would be.

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Hmm... so your article seems to be addressing consensual sex between folks with in a year or two of each other, while the one I posted is talking about a 26 year old luring a naive 16 yo into having sex that they normally would not have, and the 26 yo would not have to be put on an offender's list. I have to say, I'm not sure I like that latter scenario.

@Captain_Feelgood You seem to be missing the point that their law as it is already works this way, not mandating registration and leaving it to judicial discretion, but... only if it's consensual straight sex. Which means, as it the law currently is, it makes registration mandatory in cases when it is non-straight sex (not penis in vagina sex).

In other words, the way the law is now, mandatory registration depends upon what kind of sex it was. The bill introduced would extend the judicial discretion that's already there.