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HB0243 • 2015

Child abuse.

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; defining the type of conduct that constitutes child abuse; providing for an increase in penalties as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Children
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative Brown
Last action
2015-03-12
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2015

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Amendments

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HB0243H2001

2nd reading • Winters

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by Winters

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HB0243HW001

Committee of the Whole • Zwonitzer, Dn.

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by Zwonitzer, Dn.

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HB0243HS001

Standing Committee • HJudiciary

Failed

Plain English: Failed Standing Committee by HJudiciary

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Bill History

  1. 2015-03-12 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2015-03-12 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA No. 0094

  3. 2015-03-04 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0094

  4. 2015-03-03 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0094

  5. 2015-03-03 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA No. 0094

  6. 2015-03-03 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0

  7. 2015-03-02 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2015-02-27 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  9. 2015-02-27 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2015-02-27 Senate

    Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  11. 2015-02-11 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary

  12. 2015-02-10 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2015-02-09 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-5-0-0-0

  14. 2015-02-06 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2015-02-06 House

    Amendment Adopted

  16. 2015-02-05 House

    H COW:Passed

  17. 2015-02-05 House

    Amendment Adopted

  18. 2015-02-05 House

    Amendment failed

  19. 2015-02-05 House

    H Placed on General File

  20. 2015-02-05 House

    Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  21. 2015-02-02 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary

  22. 2015-02-02 House

    H Received for Introduction

  23. 2015-02-02 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
HB0243
Effective
:
7/1/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0495

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA 94

Chapter No.:
185

Prime Sponsor:
Brown

Catch Title:
Child abuse.

Subject:
Amends elements constituting child abuse and increases penalties as specified.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill:

Adds torture or cruel confinement of child as a basis for child abuse with penalties
for child abuse amended
as follows:

Increases the penalty for
intentionally or recklessly inflicting
child abuse of a child under the age of 16 by a person who i
s not responsible for the child’
s welfare from imprisonment f
or
not more than 5 years to imprisonment for not more than 10 years;

Increases the penalty for
intentionally or recklessly inflicting
child abuse of a child under the age of 18 by a person w
ho is responsible for the child’
s welfare from imprisonment f
or
not more than 5 years to imprisonment for not more than 10 years;

Specifies
aggravated child abuse, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 25 years, may include
the intentional infliction of substantial mental or emotional injury upon a child by the torture or cruel confinement of
the
child
.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0243

ENROLLED ACT NO. 94,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; defining the type of conduct that constitutes child abuse; providing for an increase in penalties as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 6
‑
2
‑
503(
a)
(intro)
,

(
ii)(A)
,
(B)
,
by creating a new subparagraph (C), (b)
(intro)
,
(
i
),
(ii)
,
by creating a new paragraph (iii) and (c)
is
amended to read:

6
‑
2
‑
503
.

Child abuse; penalty.

(a)

A person who is not responsible for a child'
s welfare as defined by W.S. 14
‑
3
‑
202(a)(
i
), is guilty of child abuse, a felony punishable by impr
isonment for not more than
five (5)
ten (10)
years
, if:

(ii)

The actor intentionally or recklessly inflicts upon a child under the age of sixteen (16) years:

(A)

Physic
al injury as defined in W.S. 14
‑
3
‑
202(
a)(ii)(B);
or

(B)

Ment
al injury as defined in W.S. 14
‑
3
‑
202(
a)(ii)(A)
;
.

or

(C)

Torture
or
cruel confinement
.

(b)

A person is guilty of child abuse, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than
five (5)
ten (10)

years, if a person responsible for a child'
s welfare as defined in W.S. 14
‑
3
‑
202(
a)(
i
) intentionally or recklessly inflicts upon a child under the age of eighteen (18) years:

(
i
)

Physical injury as defined in W.S. 14
‑
3
‑
202(
a)(ii)(B), excluding reasonable corporal punishment;
or

(ii)

Ment
al injury as defined in W.S. 14
‑
3
‑
202(
a)(ii)(A)
;
.

or

(iii)

Torture
or
cruel confinement.

(c)

Aggravated child abuse is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than twenty
‑
five (25) years if in the course of committing the crime of child abuse, as defined in subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the person intentionally or recklessly inflicts serious bodily injury upon the victim
or the person intentionally inflicts substantial mental or emotional injury upon the victim by the torture
or
cruel confinement of the victim
.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk

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