Dear Representative,
Today I am writing regarding SB-5312. Concerning net nanny operations involving fictitious minors. Net nanny operations are undercover law enforcement initiatives where officers pose as minors online to catch individuals attempting to engage in sexual activities with children. These operations aim to prevent child exploitation and apprehend potential predators. This bill is sponsored by Representatives: Lisa Wellman, Noel Frame, T’wina Nobles, and Claire Wilson. It was first read on January 16, 2026 and sent to the Law and Justice Committee. There was a public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice on January 27, 2026.
I see that the adults convicted of sex crimes towards children, regardless of whether they are found during net nanny operations or not are following the current RCWs.
- Adults convicted of Class A felony, those with prior sex offenses and kidnappings and those who are found to have tendencies towards violent sexual crimes will be required to always be registered with the county sheriff, in the county where the person resides.
- Adults convicted of Class B felony, without prior sex offense or kidnapping will be able to stop registering with the county sheriff, in the county where they reside, 15 years after they have been released from their jail sentence, as long as they can remain free of new criminal activity.
- Adults convicted of a Class C felony, a violation of RCW 9.68A.090 or 9A.44.096, or an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit a class C felony, and the adult does not have prior convictions for a sex offense or kidnapping offense, the duty to register shall end 10 years after the last date of release from confinement, if any, (including full-time residential treatment) pursuant to the conviction, or entry of the judgment and sentence, if the adult has spent 10 consecutive years in the community without being convicted of a disqualifying offense during that time period.
I do not want there to be a difference between criminals that knew there was a real child and those that did not know they were not talking to a real child. I believe that sex crimes are not prosecuted strongly enough. I believe that it doesn’t matter that people were caught via a “net nanny operation” because they thought they were talking to a child and they should have said goodbye as soon as they thought they were talking to a child. I have read RCW 9A.44.130 and they should have done the responsible thing and the right thing. Instead they did the sick and wrong thing. They deserve to be treated like the sex offender they are and 3 years of being a registered sex offender is not enough time. I want you to debate and negotiate that adults convicted of Class C felonies and all we see in #3 that these people should have to register as sex offenders for 10 years.
I would also like to see longer sentences for sex offenders. The victims, especially if they are children at the time of the crime, have to live with the affects of the actions of the criminals, for the rest of their lives. Almost everyone I know has been the victim of a sex crime, and most of them as children. It has affected them all their lives. These criminals should not get to just walk away.
Sincerely,
Summer D Clemenson
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