Sexual Assault On A Student By An Educator
Summary
Under current law, a secondary school teacher who has sexual contact with a student who is 18 years of age or older may not have committed a crime. The bill provides that a person who subjects a student at the secondary school at which the person is an educator to sexual contact commits the crime of sexual assault on a student by an educator. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Last action May 26, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2020
How they voted
26–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 27
Feb 28, 2020
D
Democratic15
100% Yea
R
Republican12
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
4
Committee
4
May 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
lower
Mar 2, 2020
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (26-0-1)
senate
Feb 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary + Appropriations
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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