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AL HB828
Bill
Status
4/14/2010
Primary Sponsor
Mac McCutcheon
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AI Summary
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Increases the age of consent for sexual acts from 16 years to 18 years of age throughout Alabama criminal code provisions on rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, and child enticement.
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Amends Sections 13A-6-62, 13A-6-64, 13A-6-67, 13A-6-69, 13A-6-70, and 13A-6-120 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to change all references from age 16 to age 18 as the minimum age for consent.
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Defines a child as a person under 18 years of age for purposes of sexual offense statutes.
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Bill is excluded from Amendment 621 constitutional requirements regarding local expenditures because it defines a new crime or amends the definition of existing crimes.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Sexual offenses, age of consent for sexual acts increased, Secs. 13A-6-62, 13A-6-64, 13A-6-67, 13A-6-69, 13A-6-70, 13A-6-120 am'd.
Crimes and Offenses
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
4/14/2010