Crimes and punishments; definitions of sex crimes; designating school resource officers as employees of a school system; emergency.
What changed between versions
Updated the definition of rape to explicitly include situations where victims are under the legal custody or supervision of state, federal, or local government agencies and engage in sexual intercourse with employees of those agencies or their contractors.
Added a new definition for 'employee of an institution of higher education' to include faculty, adjuncts, instructors, volunteers, and business employees who exercise institutional authority over students.
Clarified that school resource officers and security guards are now explicitly included in the definition of 'employee of a school system' for purposes of sexual assault laws.
Expanded the list of indecent acts involving children under sixteen to include specific behaviors like urinating or defecating on children, forcing children to defecate or urinate on others, and ejaculating in the presence of a child.
Reorganized the bill's formatting and committee attribution to reflect Senate floor processing, including updated page headers and amendment markings.
