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Guam senators advance bill to expand first- and second‑degree criminal sexual conduct penalties for 14‑ and 15‑year‑old victims
Summary
Senator Duenas introduced Bill 33‑38 COR to expand Guam’s first‑ and second‑degree criminal sexual conduct statutes to include school personnel, childcare and foster‑care providers, correctional staff and certain dating partners, and committee amendments adding adoption were approved on the floor.
Senator Duenas introduced Bill 33‑38 COR to amend Chapter 25, Title 9, Guam Code Annotated to expand who can be charged with first‑ and second‑degree criminal sexual conduct when the victim is 14 or 15 years old. The bill, as amended in committee, adds teachers and school aides, childcare and foster‑care providers, correctional facility workers, and people in dating relationships with a member of the victim’s household to the list of actors whose offenses would carry elevated penalties. "This bill, as enacted, will increase the culpability of certain . . . offenders who . . . assault crime victims who are 14 and 15…
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