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House Judiciary’s changes to exploitation statutes move forward to third reading
Summary
The House approved the Judiciary committee's amendments to H.694, consolidating and clarifying 'exploitation' offenses in the criminal code to cover exploitation by corrections staff, caretakers of minors and law-enforcement situations; third reading was ordered.
The House took up House Bill 694, which Judiciary described as a package to clarify and consolidate existing 'exploitation' offenses in the criminal code.
Representative Oliver (member from Sheldon) explained that H.694 addresses three related statutes by including both a definition of a 'penetrative' act and a broader definition of 'conduct' that captures nonpenetrative…
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