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2000 SESSION

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SB 176 Sexual battery.

Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Punishment upon conviction of certain criminal sexual acts. Expands the list of those sexual offenses for which a second or subsequent offense is punishable by the maximum amount allowable for the latest offense, none of which is subject to suspension. This change allows a second offense, taken from the list of more serious (life imprisonment) second offenses, to aggravate the punishment of a less serious first offense. The bill also increases the punishment for a second or subsequent offense of taking indecent liberties with children to a Class 5 felony. Currently all such offenses are Class 6 felonies.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Punishment upon conviction of certain criminal sexual acts. Provides that aggravated sexual battery is a crime for which a second adult offense is punishable by life imprisonment without suspension. The bill also expands the list of those sexual offenses for which a second or subsequent offense is punishable by the maximum amount allowable for the latest offense, none of which is subject to suspension. This change allows a second offense, taken from the list of more serious (life imprisonment) second offenses, to aggravate the punishment of a less serious first offense, and vice versa. The bill also increases the punishment for a second or subsequent offenses of taking indecent liberties with children to a Class 5 felony. Currently all such offenses are Class 6 felonies.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Punishment upon conviction of certain criminal sexual acts. Provides that aggravated sexual battery is a crime for which a second offense is punishable by life imprisonment without suspension. The bill also expands the list of those sexual offenses for which a second or subsequent offense is punishable by the maximum amount allowable for the latest offense, none of which is subject to suspension. This change allows a second offense, taken from the list of more serious (life imprisonment) second offenses, to aggravate the punishment of a less serious first offense, and vice versa.

The bill also increases the punishment for a second or subsequent offenses of taking indecent liberties with children to a Class 5 felony. Currently all such offenses are Class 6 felonies.