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HB0285 • 2009
AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for first degree sexual assault of a minor when the actor is at least eighteen years of age and the victim is less than thirteen years of age; and providing for an effective date.
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S Died In Committee
S Introduced and Referred to S01; No Report Prior to CoW Cutoff
S Received for Introduction
H Passed 3rd Reading
H Passed 2nd Reading
H Passed CoW
H Placed on General File
H01 Recommended Do Pass
H Introduced and Referred to H01
H Received for Introduction
Bill Number Assigned
WORKING DRAFT 2009 STATE OF WYOMING 09LSO-0642 HOUSE BILL NO. HB0285 Mandatory minimum sentences for sexual abuse of a minor-2. Sponsored by: Representative(s) Gingery, Millin and Pedersen A BILL for AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for first degree sexual assault of a minor when the actor is at least eighteen years of age and the victim is less than thirteen years of age; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming : Section 1. W.S. 6 ‑ 2 ‑ 314(b) and by creating a new subsection (c) is amended to read: 6 ‑ 2 ‑ 314. Sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree; penalties. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person convicted under subsection (a) of this section is subject to imprisonment for not more than fifty (50) years, unless the person convicted qualifies under W.S. 6 ‑ 2 ‑ 306(e). (c) A person convicted under paragraph (a) (i) of this section , where the actor is at least eighteen (18) years of age, is subject to imprisonment for not less than twenty-five (25) years nor more than fifty (50) years, unless the person convicted qualifies under W.S. 6 ‑ 2 ‑ 306(e). Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2009. (END) 1 HB0285