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SF0050 • 2005

Soliciting minors.

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; amending elements of the crime of soliciting minors to engage in illicit sexual relations; specifying that anyone who solicits, causes or encourages a person under the age of sixteen years or who is purported to be under the age of sixteen years to engage in illicit sexual activities or who causes or encourages such activities is guilty of a felony; amending definitions; and providing for an effective date.

Children Crime
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Judiciary
Last action
2005-02-18
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2005

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Amendments

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SF0050H2001

2nd reading • WASSERBURG

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by WASSERBURG

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Bill History

  1. 2005-02-18 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number - 70

  2. 2005-02-18 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA0023

  3. 2005-02-16 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0023

  4. 2005-02-15 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0023

  5. 2005-02-14 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA0023

  6. 2005-02-14 Senate

    S Did Concur

  7. 2005-02-11 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  8. 2005-02-10 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  9. 2005-02-10 House

    Amendment Adopted

  10. 2005-02-10 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  11. 2005-02-09 House

    H Passed CoW

  12. 2005-02-08 House

    H Placed on General File

  13. 2005-02-08 House

    H01 Recommended Do Pass

  14. 2005-02-04 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01

  15. 2005-01-17 House

    H Received for Introduction

  16. 2005-01-17 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  17. 2005-01-14 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  18. 2005-01-13 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  19. 2005-01-13 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  20. 2005-01-13 Senate

    S01 Recommended Do Pass

  21. 2005-01-11 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01

  22. 2005-01-10 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  23. 2004-12-28 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2005 General Session Summary for SF0050

Bill No.:
SF0050
Drafter:

JHR

LSO No.:
05LSO-0091
Effective Date:

7/1/2005

Enrolled Act No.: SEA0023

Chapter No.: 70

Prime Sponsor: Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

Catch Title: Soliciting minors.

Subject: Amends elements of the crime of soliciting
minors to engage in illicit sexual relations.

Summary/Major Elements:

Under current law, any person who solicits, procures or knowingly
encourages any child under the age of 16 years to engage in illicit sexual
penetration or sexual intrusion is guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment for up to 5 years;

This bill:

Amends the elements of the crime of soliciting minors to engage in
illicit sexual relations by specifying that an adult who solicits, procures or
knowingly encourages any person under the age of 16 years, or a person
purported to be under the age of 16, to engage in illicit sexual penetration or
sexual intrusion, or who knowingly causes or encourages another person to
solicit, procure or encourage such activities, is guilty of a felony punishable
by imprisonment for up to 5 years;

Amends the definition of "child pornography" to include visual
depictions of explicit sexual conduct involving a child
or

an
individual virtually indistinguishable from a child,
or a visual depiction
that has been created, adapted or modified to depict such conduct involving a
child
or

an individual virtually indistinguishable from a child

(emphasis added).

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0050

ENROLLED ACT NO. 23, SENATE

FIFTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2005 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; amending elements of the crime of soliciting minors to engage in illicit sexual relations; specifying that any adult who solicits, causes or encourages a person under the age of sixteen years or who is purported to be under the age of sixteen years to engage in illicit sexual activities or who causes or encourages such activities is guilty of a felony; amending definitions; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 6
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4
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303(a)(ii)(B) and (C) and 14
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3
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104 are amended to read:

6
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4
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303.

Sexual exploitation of children; penalties; definitions.

(a)

As used in this section:

(ii)

"Child pornography" means any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether or not made or produced by electronic, mechanical or other means, of explicit sexual conduct, where:

(B)

The visual depiction is
, or appears to be, of a child engaging in

of
explicit sexual conduct
involving a child or an individual virtually indistinguishable from a child
;
or

(C)

The visual depiction has been created, adapted or modified to
appear that a child is engaging in
depict
explicit sexual conduct
; or

involving a child or an individual virtually indistinguishable from a child.

14
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3
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104.

Soliciting to engage in illicit sexual relations; penalty
.

Except under circumstance constituting sexual assault in the first, second or third degree as defined by W.S. 6
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2
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302 through 6
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2
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304, anyone
who has reached the age of majority and
who solicits, procures or knowingly encourages anyone under the age of sixteen (16) years
or a person purported to be under the age of sixteen (16) years
to engage in illicit sexual penetration or sexual intrusion as defined in W.S. 6
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2
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301
or knowingly causes or encourages any person to solicit, procure or encourage a person under the age of sixteen (16) years or a person purported to be under the age of sixteen (16) years to commit any illicit sexual penetration or sexual intrusion as defined in W.S. 6
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2
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301
is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for a term
of
not more than five (5) years.

Section 2.
W.S. 6
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4
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303(a)(ii)(D) is repealed.

Section 3.
This act is effective July 1, 2005.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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