AL SB203

Expands indecent exposure to a Class C felony when victims are under 12 years of age or upon a third conviction, and extends crimes of directing a child to engage in sexual intercourse, sodomy, or sexual contact to cover victims under 16 (previously under 12) when the child is two or more years younger than the perpetrator

Creates new crime of "inpatient custodial sexual misconduct" as a Class C felony for employees of inpatient or residential drug rehabilitation or mental health facilities who solicit or engage in sexual conduct with patients, with consent explicitly not a defense

Adds voyeurism in the first degree to the list of sex offenses requiring sex offender registration and expands admissibility of out-of-court statements from child victims under 18 years of age (previously under 12)

Removes affirmative defense for first-degree kidnapping based on voluntary release of unharmed victim, and clarifies that undercover operative or law enforcement involvement is not a defense to prosecution for transmitting obscene material to a child or other child solicitation offenses

Strengthens mandatory reporter requirements for child abuse, requiring immediate oral reports followed by written reports within 72 hours, and creates enhanced penalty of Class C felony for repeat violations of employer retaliation against mandatory reporters