As RedState reported on Tuesday, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee has chosen to slow roll AB 379, a bill that would make it a felony to buy or sell minors under the age of 18.
The push comes after California’s Democratic-led legislature approved a bill last year, SB 1414, to make it a felony to purchase or solicit a child 15 years old and younger for sex. Before the law took effect months ago, it was a misdemeanor crime in California.
Republican Bakersfield State Senator Shannon Grove originally filed that bill to protect all children under the age of 18.
“I made a promise last year that we would come back and keeping fighting for 16- and 17-year-olds,” Grove said in an interview with KCRA 3 this week. “This is not a third world country thing. It’s happening right underneath our noses.”
Enter Democratic Sacramento Assemblymember Maggy Krell…
