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HB 973 Sex crimes; penalties for offender who is 18 or older for rape, etc. of child under age 13.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Sex crimes; penalties. Imposes a mandatory minimum life sentence for rape, forcible sodomy, or object sexual penetration of a child under the age of 13 when it is alleged in the indictment that the offender was 18 years of age or older at the time of the offense. This bill is identical to SB 436.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Sex crimes; penalties. Imposes upon an adult offender a mandatory minimum life sentence for rape, forcible sodomy, and object sexual penetration of a child under the age of 13 and imposes upon a juvenile offender three or more years older than such a victim a mandatory term of 25 years.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Sex crimes; penalties. Imposes a mandatory minimum life sentence for rape, forcible sodomy, and object sexual penetration of a child under the age of 13.