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SB 92 IN

Sex offenses.

IN · session 2025 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 8, 2025

Latest action (Jan 16, 2025) Senator Bohacek added as coauthor

Summary

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.

Sponsors (3)

1 coauthor / cosponsor

Action history (5)

  1. Jan 8, 2025 Authored by Senator Dernulc · upper
  2. Jan 8, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law · upper
  3. Jan 16, 2025 Senator Tomes added as second author · upper
  4. Jan 16, 2025 Senator Niemeyer added as third author · upper
  5. Jan 16, 2025 Senator Bohacek added as coauthor · upper
Subjects
CHILDREN AND MINORS; Crimes Against ChildrenCHILDREN AND MINORS; GenerallyCRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New OffensesCRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Human TraffickingCRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; SentencingCRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sex OffensesRECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT

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