Article: STATE REP. MANN BILL CREATING PENALTY FOR VIEWING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY VOTED OUT OF HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

Pennsylvania State Rep. Jennifer Mann, D-Lehigh (132nd District), issued the following news release:

State Rep. Jennifer Mann, D-Lehigh, said legislation she introduced that would further protect children from sexual predators was voted out of the House Judiciary Committee today.

The bill (H.B. 35) would make viewing child pornography a crime under Pennsylvania law. Under current law, only the possession of child pornography is punishable, not merely viewing it.

"We have to do everything we can to protect our children from sexual predators ...

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