Criminal sexual assault; definition of sexual abuse, complaining witness under age 13, penalty.
Summary
Criminal sexual assault; definition of sexualabuse; complaining witness under age 13; penalty. Includes inthe definition of "sexual abuse" the intentional touching of anypart of a complaining witness's body, on either the skin or the materialcovering the complaining witness's body, if the complaining witnessis under the age of 13 and the act is committed with the intent tosexually molest, arouse, or gratify any person. The bill repeals theClass 1 misdemeanor prohibiting adult penetration of the mouth ofa child under the age of 13 with lascivious intent.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 30, 2019
Last action Dec 4, 2020
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Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100918D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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