At the request of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, State Representative Jay Neal, of Lafayette, has introduced a bill to close a loophole in sex laws involving children.

House Bill 156 would make it unlawful for a person to contact the parents of a child for the purpose of molestation or other sexually-related offenses, using an on-line service. The current law makes it unlawful only to solicit the child, or someone the person believes is the child.

Neal said, the law has to be adjusted." The bill provides penalties including up to 25 years in prison and fines up to 25-thousand dollars. The bill has passed the House Judiciary Committee and is now in the rules committee for consideration.