**Explanation of the Amendments** *"This bill would exempt from mandatory registration under the act a person convicted of certain offenses involving minors if the person is not more than 10 years older than the minor and if that offense is the only one requiring the person to register."*
The amendment everybody is referring to. *Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a person convicted of a violation of subdivision (b) of Section 286, subdivision (b) of Section 287, or subdivision (h) or (i) of Section 289 shall not be required to register if, at the time of the offense, the person is not more than 10 years older than the minor, as measured from the minor’s date of birth to the person’s date of birth, and the conviction is the only one requiring the person to register. This paragraph does not preclude the court from requiring a person to register pursuant to Section 290.006.*
286 subd. b is the criminalization of the act of sodomy with someone under the age of 18,
289 (h)(i) criminalize the act of having sex with minors if you are over the age of 18, and over the age of 21, when the minor is under the age of 21.
The keyword in all this legislation is that nobody is required to register unless they are convicted. The amendment allows pedophiles to not register. Although this may not be an immediate legalization of pedophilia, it makes it much easier for people to repeat a second time. Knowing that Wiener is the guy pushing for this bill makes my skin crawl, since he had an issue with sending unsolicited "Wiener" pictures to minors. The bill basically says that if a 25 year old has sex with a 14 year old, they do not need to register. This is a slippery slope to go down. So, no, it does not legalize pedophilia, but it does make it a hell of a lot easier to repeat.
