Brief ⁽¹⁾

HB 2176 would expand the crime of unlawful sexual relations to include the following:

• The offender is an employee of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) or the employee of a contractor of SRS and who provides services in an SRS institution, and who engages in consensual sexual activity with the victim age 16 or older; and
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• The offender is a teacher who engages in prohibited sexual activity with a 16 or 17-year-old student, enrolled in the school where the offender teaches.

The Senate Committee of the Whole amended the definition of teacher to include teachers and others listed in public and nonpublic schools instead of public and accredited private schools.

Background

A representative of SRS spoke in support of the bill.

HB 2445, regarding teachers, was amended into the bill.

The fiscal note on HB 2176, as drafted, indicates a negligible effect on SRS. The fiscal effect on the Office of Judicial Administration could not be estimated at this time.

There was not a fiscal note available for HB 2445 when the bill was passed.

1. *Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at http://www.ink.org/public/legislative/fulltext.cgi