HB 1236 -- Sexual Offenses

Sponsor:  Tilley

This bill changes the laws regarding sexual offenses.  The bill:

(1)  Lowers the victim's age from younger than 14 years of age to
younger than 13 and increases the penalty from a minimum of five
years' imprisonment to a minimum of 25 years with lifetime
supervision for the crimes of statutory rape in the first degree
and statutory sodomy in the first degree;

(2)  Lowers the victim's age from younger than 17 years of age to
13 and increases the penalty to a minimum of 10 years'
imprisonment for the crimes of statutory rape in the second
degree and statutory sodomy in the second degree;

(3)  Creates the crime of statutory rape in the third degree when
a person older than 21 years of age has sexual intercourse with a
person younger than 17.  The crime will be a class C felony
unless the offender is older than 30, in which case it will be a
class B felony;

(4)  Creates the crime of statutory sodomy in the third degree
when a person older than 21 years of age has deviate sexual
intercourse with a person younger than 17.  The crime will be a
class C felony unless the offender is older than 30, in which
case it will be a class B felony;

(5)  Increases the crime of child molestation in the second
degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class D felony.
Subsequent convictions of this crime are increased from a class D
felony to a class C felony as well as for instances in which the
perpetrator inflicts serious physical injury on any person;
displays a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument in a threatening
manner; or the offense was committed as part of a ritual or
ceremony;

(6)  Adds community residential programs to the list of places
where a sex offender cannot establish residency within 1,000
feet;

(7)  Limits the definition of "child abuse" to only those
instances in which a person knowingly inflicts cruel and inhuman
punishment on a child younger than 17 years of age;

(8)  Creates the crime of photographing a child younger than 17
years of age engaging in a prohibited sexual act or knowingly
permitting a child younger than 17 to engage in a prohibited
sexual act.  The crime will be a class C felony unless the child
is younger than 14, in which case it will be a class B felony;

(9)  Creates the crime of harboring a sexual predator, a class A
misdemeanor; and

(10)  Allows an individual that has been required to register on
the sex offender registry for a crime that he or she committed
while younger than 21 years of age to petition to have his or her
name removed.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:42 am