IN SB0092 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-16 - Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
Pending: Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-16 - Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
Pending: Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Sex offenses. Prohibits plea agreements concerning: (1) promotion of child sexual trafficking; (2) promotion of sexual trafficking of a younger child; (3) child sexual trafficking; or (4) child solicitation; if a term of the plea agreement requires the prosecuting attorney to dismiss a charge in exchange for the defendant's agreement to plead guilty to a less serious offense. Adds facilities that provide entertainment exclusively directed toward children to the list of facilities at which a sexually violent predator or an offender against children may not work or volunteer, and increases the penalty for the offense of unlawful employment by a sexual predator to a Level 4 felony, with an enhancement to a Level 3 felony if the person has a prior conviction based on the violation of a condition of sex offender registration. Provides that a sexually violent predator or an offender against children who knowingly or intentionally is present at a facility that provides entertainment exclusively directed toward children commits attendance at a juvenile entertainment facility by a sex offender, a Level 4 felony, with an enhancement to a Level 3 felony if the person has a prior conviction based on the violation of a condition of sex offender registration.
Title
Sex offenses.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-16 | Senate | Senator Bohacek added as coauthor |
| 2025-01-16 | Senate | Senator Niemeyer added as third author |
| 2025-01-16 | Senate | Senator Tomes added as second author |
| 2025-01-08 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law |
| 2025-01-08 | Senate | Authored by Senator Dernulc |
