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IN HB1105
Bill
Status
3/21/2016
Primary Sponsor
Christina Hale
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AI Summary
HEA 1105 Summary
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Expands definition of "victim advocate" to include employees, appointees, or volunteers of victim service providers, domestic violence programs, sexual assault programs, rape crisis centers, battered women's shelters, and transitional housing programs for domestic violence victims, effective July 1, 2016.
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Creates new definition of "student advocate office" as student services offices, victim assistance offices, or other victim counselor positions designated by state educational institutions or approved postsecondary educational institutions, effective July 1, 2016.
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Extends statute of limitations for rape prosecutions (Class B felony for crimes before July 1, 2014, or Level 3 felony for crimes after June 30, 2014) to up to 5 years after state discovers DNA evidence, becomes aware of recorded evidence, or receives a confession.
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Extends statute of limitations for criminal deviate conduct prosecutions (Class B felony for crimes before July 1, 2014) to up to 5 years after state discovers DNA evidence, becomes aware of recorded evidence, or receives a confession.
Legislative Description
Prosecutions for rape and criminal deviate conduct. Specifies that certain exceptions to the statute of limitations for rape as a Level 3 felony also apply to rape as a Class B felony (for crimes committed before July 1, 2014). Provides that a prosecution for criminal deviate conduct as a Class B felony for an offense committed before the crime was repealed on July 1, 2014, that would otherwise be barred may be commenced not later than five years after the earliest of the date on which: (1) the state first discovers evidence sufficient to charge the offender with the offense
Last Action
Public Law 70
3/21/2016