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Bill would let courts treat pregnancy resulting from sexual assault as aggravator regardless of victim age
Summary
House Bill 1484 would expand the Sentencing Reform Act's listed aggravating circumstances so a pregnancy resulting from sexual assault may support an exceptional sentence regardless of the victim's age. Proponents said the change closes an age-based gap in sentencing; witnesses included prosecutors and victim advocates.
House Bill 1484 received a public hearing March 17 before the Law & Justice Committee. The bill would amend the Sentencing Reform Act's list of aggravating circumstances to allow a trial court to impose an exceptional sentence when an offense results in the pregnancy of a victim of sexual assault regardless of the victim's age.
Ryan Giannini, staff counsel, summarized the mechanics: under current law the Sentencing Reform Act (SRA) provides a standard sentence range and a court may impose an exceptional sentence only after written findings that a substantial and…
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