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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 129

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Relating to: sexual assault by a health care provider and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals — Felony Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Medical service — Occupations Nurses Physician Physician assistant Sex crimes

  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 current law, it is a Class C felony for a person who is a licensee, employee,

or nonclient resident of an entity that provides various welfare, foster, adoption, and

health services, including a hospital, to have sexual contact or sexual intercourse

with a client of the entity. Under some but not all circumstances, this prohibition

applies to various health care providers and their clients. Under this bill, it is also

a Class C felony for a health care provider to have sexual contact or sexual

intercourse with a client.

Under current law, with some exceptions, a person is required to register as a

sex offender for certain crimes that are sexually motivated. Under the bill, the new

offense of sexual contact or sexual intercourse by a health care provider is 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: Allen (R) , Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Bodden (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , C. Anderson (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Dittrich (R) , Emerson (D) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Gustafson (R) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Madison (D) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Penterman (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Rozar (R) , S. Johnson (R) , Schutt (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D)

13 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Ballweg (R) , Cabrera (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Larson (D) , Marklein (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Oct 19, 2023 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Oct 19, 2023 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 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Oct 19, 2023 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. Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Dittrich, Subeck, Penterman, Krug, Gundrum, Bodden, Rozar, Emerson, Rodriguez, Schutt, Kitchens, Sinicki, Andraca, Brooks, Green, Joers, Brandtjen, Ortiz-Velez, Conley, Gustafson, Jacobson, Allen, J. Anderson, Clancy, C. Anderson, Ohnstad, Madison, Considine, S. Johnson, Baldeh, Shankland, Mursau and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Ballweg, Agard, Roys, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Stroebel, Larson, Wirch and Marklein

  2. Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly

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

  3. Mar 30, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  4. May 30, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Dittrich

  5. Jun 1, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Jun 30, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Dittrich

  7. Sep 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  8. Sep 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  10. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  12. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  13. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 by Committee on Rules

  14. Nov 13, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

  15. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  17. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  18. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  21. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Cabrera added as a coauthor

  22. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Nov 15, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  24. Nov 21, 2023 · Senate

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

  25. Dec 6, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  26. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1