HB348 Summary

• Increases the age of consent for sexual acts from 16 years old to 18 years old in Alabama law.

• Amends six sections of the Code of Alabama 1975 relating to sexual offenses: rape in the second degree, sodomy in the second degree, sexual abuse in the second degree, child enticement, consent requirements, and the definition of a child.

• Changes the age threshold in rape and sodomy statutes from 16 to 18 years old, requiring the actor to be at least two years older than the victim.

• Modifies sexual abuse provisions to establish 18 years old as the age below which a person is deemed incapable of consent.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor, or upon otherwise becoming law.