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Committee adopts substitute for House Bill 3073 to clarify consent standard for intoxication
Summary
The Committee on Criminal Justice adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 3073, the Summer Willis Act, to clarify that consent is absent when a person is so intoxicated or impaired that they are incapable of consenting; the committee sent the substitute to the full Senate with a favorable recommendation, 7–0.
At a meeting of the Committee on Criminal Justice, senators adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 3073, the Summer Willis Act, clarifying when intoxication or impairment removes a person's ability to consent in sexual-assault cases and reported the substitute to the full Senate with a favorable recommendation.
The change narrows the statutory phrasing used in the substitute so the law specifies that the accused “knows that the other person is intoxicated…
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