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Senate committee amends bill to broaden criminal definition of sexual torture; survivor advocates take part
Senate Judiciary · March 11, 2026
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Summary
SB 318 was amended to expand the criminal definition of sexual torture to include penetration of the penal opening; sponsor said changes aim to close a gap on the criminal side, and the committee adopted the amendment and advanced the bill.
Senator Coleman introduced SB 318, a bill that would expand the criminal definition of sexual torture to add specific acts that the sponsor said were previously omitted from the criminal definition.
Senator Coleman described collecting survivors’…
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