Bill Text: HI SB2522 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Sexual Assault in the Fourth Degree; Minors
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-10 - Referred to JUD, referral sheet 26 [SB2522 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-SB2522-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 707-733, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
"(1) A person commits the offense of sexual assault in the fourth degree if:
(a) The person knowingly subjects another person to sexual contact by compulsion or causes another person to have sexual contact with the actor by compulsion;
(b) The person knowingly exposes the person's
genitals to another person under circumstances in which the actor's conduct is
likely to alarm the other person or put the other person in fear of bodily
injury; [or]
(c) The person knowingly trespasses on property for
the purpose of subjecting another person to surreptitious surveillance for the
sexual gratification of the actor[.]; or
(d) The person knowingly engages in or causes sexual contact with a minor who is at least sixteen years old and the person is contemporaneously acting in a professional capacity to instruct, advise, or supervise the minor; provided that:
(i) The person is not less than five years older than the minor; and
(ii) The person is not legally married to the minor."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on January 7, 2059.
Report Title:
Sexual Assault in the Fourth Degree; Minors
Description:
Amends the offense of sexual assault in the fourth degree to include a person who engages in or causes sexual contact with a minor at least sixteen years of age and the person is contemporaneously acting in a professional capacity to instruct, advise, or supervise the minor under certain circumstances. Takes effect 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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