If the adult somehow manages to pull this off, then they have a shot of avoiding California’s sex offender registry.
Critics are already branding this legislation as problematic. Conservatives have descended upon it, stating that there’s no world in which any sexual acts between a 24-year-old and 14-year-old can include consent.
Donald Trump Jr. used the bill to attack Joe Biden’s supporters in the state.
New California bill would lower penalties for adults who have sexual relations with a minor https://t.co/XGOmUp9cJN
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 4, 2020
Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, a Democrat strongly opposed the bill. During a debate on the bill at the Assembly floor on August 31, she said,“I cannot, in my mind, as a mother, understand how sex between a 24-year-old and a 14-year-old could ever be consensual, how it could ever not be a registerable offense.”
“I challenge everybody. Give me a situation where a 24-year-old had sex with a 14-year-old, any kind of sex, and it wasn’t predatory,” added Gonzalez.
