BILL NUMBER: ACR 66	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 1, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Waldron
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Allen, Brown, Chávez, Beth
Gaines, Grove, Medina, Melendez, Olsen, Quirk-Silva, Salas, Wagner,
Wilk, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta,
Bradford, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle,
Daly, Donnelly, Fong, Fox, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Hagman, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Lowenthal, Mansoor, Mitchell, Morrell,
Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Patterson, Perea, John A.
Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Rendon, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Weber,
Williams, and Yamada)

                        JUNE 13, 2013

   Relative to Internet crimes.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 66, Waldron. Internet Crimes Against Children Awareness Month.

   This measure would designate October 2013 as Internet Crimes
Against Children Awareness Month and state that the Legislature
supports increased funding for the Internet Crimes Against Children
task forces, online communications systems, or computer technology to
help detect the sexual exploitation of children, updating reporting
laws, and strengthening disclosure laws.



   WHEREAS, Computers and the Internet have become prevalent in
California homes, schools, and libraries; and
   WHEREAS, In 2010, 85 percent of children 3 to 17 years of age had
access to a computer at home, and almost 57 percent used the Internet
at home; and
   WHEREAS, Children and adolescents commonly use computers for
playing games, completing school assignments, word processing, email,
and connecting to the Internet; and
   WHEREAS, Education is the single most common motivation parents
cite for their children to use the Internet from home; and
   WHEREAS, While the Internet has helped to make education,
entertainment, and socialization more accessible for youth, it has
also made child victimization easier for predators; and
   WHEREAS, Physical contact between the child and the perpetrator
does not need to occur for a child to become a victim or for a crime
to be committed; and
   WHEREAS, Many victims of Internet crimes do not disclose their
victimization or even realize that they have been victims of a crime;
and
   WHEREAS, Predators contact children over the Internet and
victimize them by enticing them through online contact for the
purpose of engaging them in sexual acts, using the Internet for the
production, manufacture, and distribution of child pornography, using
the Internet to expose youth to child pornography and encourage them
to exchange pornography, and enticing and exploiting children for
the purpose of sexual tourism (travel with the intent to engage in
sexual behavior) for commercial gain or personal gratification; and
   WHEREAS, Pornography is often used in the sexual victimization of
children. About 25 percent of children have been exposed to unwanted
pornographic material online; and
   WHEREAS, One in seven children have received a sexual solicitation
online; and
   WHEREAS, In the 2009 fiscal year, task forces participating in the
federal Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program
reported nearly 28,000 complaints, including child pornography,
enticement or obscenity directed to minors, and child prostitution.
These complaints resulted in more than 13,000 investigations; and
   WHEREAS, Parents, school officials, law enforcement officers, and
other adults can prevent Internet crimes against children by taking
various measures, including keeping computers in open areas,
monitoring the amount of time a child spends online, and educating
children about the dangers of Internet crimes; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature designates October 2013 as
Internet Crimes Against Children Awareness Month to educate parents,
children, and the general public about the critical issue of Internet
crimes against children statewide in order to protect children
against unspeakable crimes; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature supports increased funding for ICAC
task forces, online communications systems, or computer technology
to help detect the sexual exploitation of children, updating
reporting laws, and strengthening disclosure laws; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.