Raised Bill No. 1182 Summary

• Repeals and replaces Section 53a-65 of Connecticut General Statutes to clarify definitions of sexual assault terminology, effective from passage and applicable to acts occurring before, on, and after the date of enactment.

• Defines "sexual intercourse" to include vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse, fellatio, and cunnilingus, specifying that any penetration, however slight, is sufficient and does not require emission of semen, and can be committed by an object manipulated by the actor.

• Defines "sexual contact" as any contact with intimate parts of a person for purposes of sexual gratification, degrading, or humiliating the person, including contact of the actor's intimate parts with another person for such purposes.

• Defines nine additional terms including "impaired because of mental disability or disease," "mentally incapacitated," "physically helpless," "use of force," "intimate parts," "psychotherapist," "psychotherapy," "emotionally dependent," and "therapeutic deception."

• Defines "school employee" to include teachers, administrators, counselors, medical staff, coaches, and any other person with regular student contact employed by or contracted with public or private elementary, middle, or high schools.