Utah Rep. Ryan Wilcox, R-Ogden, wants to create better criteria for issuing Amber Alerts, saying “overuse” has led to people ignoring them. With HB266, he wants to cut down on Amber Alert notifications by requiring police to only use the system when “there is a credible threat of imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death to the child.”
HB108 sponsor Rep. Matthew Gwynn said child sex dolls have been found in several recent investigations into child pornography or exploitation, and a representative from the Utah Attorney General’s Office said there is a “high correlation” between possession of the dolls and investigations into child pornography and abuse.
A legislative committee unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would make owning or distributing child sex dolls a crime. Police say these dolls have turned up in child pornography cases.