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IN SR0009
Resolution
Status
1/9/2014
Primary Sponsor
Brent Steele
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AI Summary
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Urges the Indiana legislative council to assign the Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy Study Committee to study raising the age of consent from 16 to 18 years of age
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Establishes that children below age 16 are presumed incapable of legally consenting to sexual activity
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Identifies children as a special and vulnerable group lacking sufficient physiological, biological, and emotional development to understand consequences of sexual activity
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Asserts that decisions made by young people can affect the rest of their lives and the state should ensure they are old enough to make correct decisions
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Introduced January 9, 2014 and referred to the Committee on Corrections & Criminal Law
Legislative Description
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign to the Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy Study Committee the topic of raising the age of consent from 16 to 18 years of age.
Last Action
First reading: Referred to Corrections & Criminal Law.
1/9/2014