Arizona on Friday made it illegal to own, sell or transport a sex doll that resembles a child.
Governor Katie Hobbs defines a child sex doll as an anatomically correct doll, mannequin, or robot that has the characteristics of or resembles an infant or child under the age of 12 and is used for sexual stimulation or gratification. signed law HB 216, which aims to
The House bill, introduced by Prescott Republican Rep. Quan Nguyen and passed by both houses on Monday, was one of four bills Hobbes signed into law. She vetoed 14 others on Friday.
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Anyone found in possession of a childlike sex doll could be charged with a fourth-degree felony and could be sentenced to one year to three years and four minutes in prison.
Also, owning a child sex doll that resembles the sexual exploitation of a real child is sexual exploitation of a minor. The charges carry the additional penalty of requiring those convicted to register as sex offenders.
At a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting in March, Detective Randall Snyder of the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office told the committee that there has been an increase in dolls of this type nationwide during the pandemic, especially in Pinal County.
His main interest focused on the possibility that someone was making the doll look like a real child.
“These dolls look like my kids, your kids, and your grandchildren based on pictures posted on social media, so perverts out there and find dolls that look like our kids.” and can perform pseudosexual acts,” he said.
He gave no example of this happening in Arizona.
At least six dolls were found in Arizona, and three were found in Pinal County, Snyder said.
