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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 171

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Relating to: sexual contact by a law enforcement officer with a person in his or her custody and providing a penalty.

Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Police Sex crimes Shared revenue

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, it is a Class C Felony for a law enforcement officer to have sexual

contact or sexual intercourse with a person in his or her custody. For the purposes

of the crime created in this bill, consent is not an issue. The bill adds the prohibited

conduct to the list of activities in current law that constitute second degree sexual

assault. Current law does not contain a criminal prohibition on sexual contact

between a law enforcement officer and a person in his or her custody.

Under current law, a person may be required to register as a sex offender for

certain crimes that are sexually motivated if the judge determines that it would be

in the interest of public protection to have the person register. Under this bill, the

new offense of sexual contact between a law enforcement officer and a person in his

or her custody would be subject to this provision.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Fields (D) , Mursau (R) , Myers (D) , Sargent (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Zamarripa (D)

6 cosponsors

Cabrera (D) , Jacque (R) , L. Taylor (D) , LeMahieu (R) , Smith (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Jun 18, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Jun 18, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 25, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Apr 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Myers, Anderson, Mursau, C. Taylor, Spreitzer, Subeck, Fields, Sargent and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor, Wanggaard, LeMahieu, Smith and Jacque

  2. Apr 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. May 30, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jun 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Thiesfeldt and McGuire

  5. Jun 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  7. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  8. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-20-2019 by Committee on Rules

  10. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  11. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  14. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Jun 20, 2019 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Jun 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  17. Jun 24, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  18. Aug 14, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  19. Sep 25, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  20. Sep 25, 2019 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  21. Sep 25, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  22. Feb 17, 2020 · Senate

    Representative Cabrera added as a coauthor

  23. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1