Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 57 - Statutory Rape - raise age of consent to 16

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1. Clay  37th             2. Crotts  17th            3. McGuire  30th


Senate Comm: S Judy     /         House Comm:            /                                          
Senate Vote: Yeas       Nays                                                                        
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              Senate          Action          House                                                 
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             1/12/95   Read 1st time                                                                
             2/1/95    Favorably Reported                                                           
             Sub       Committee Amend/Sub                                                          
             2/2/95    Read 2nd Time                                                                
             2/3/95*   Read 3rd Time                                                                
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*2/3/95  Tabled.                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Code Sections amended: 16-6-3                                                                       


SB 57 95                                         LC 22 1499S
                                                       (SCS)
      SENATE BILL 57

      By:  Senators Clay of the 37th, Crotts of the 17th,
           McGuire of the 30th and others

                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Chapter 6 of Title 16 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to sexual offenses, so as to
  1- 3  change the definitions of the offenses of statutory rape,
  1- 4  child molestation, and enticing a child for indecent
  1- 5  purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal
  1- 6  conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Chapter 6 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 9  Annotated, relating to sexual offenses, is amended by
  1-10  striking in its entirety subsection (a) of Code Section
  1-11  16-6-3, relating to the offense of statutory rape, and
  1-12  inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection to read as
  1-13  follows:

  1-14    "(a) A person commits the offense of statutory rape when
  1-15    he or she engages in consensual sexual intercourse with
  1-16    any female person under the age of 14 16 years and not his
  1-17    or her spouse, provided that no conviction shall be had
  1-18    for this offense on the unsupported testimony of the
  1-19    female victim."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-20  Said chapter is further amended by striking in its entirety
  1-21  subsection (a) of Code Section 16-6-4, relating to the
  1-22  offense of child molestation, and inserting in lieu thereof
  1-23  a new subsection to read as follows:

  1-24    "(a) A person commits the offense of child molestation
  1-25    when he or she does any immoral or indecent act to or in
  1-26    the presence of or with any child under the age of 14 16
  1-27    years with the intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual
  1-28    desires of either the child or the person."





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                                                 LC 22 1499S

                         SECTION 3.

  2- 1  Said chapter is further amended by striking in its entirety
  2- 2  subsection (a) of Code Section 16-6-5, relating to the
  2- 3  offense of enticing a child for indecent purposes, and
  2- 4  inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection to read as
  2- 5  follows:

  2- 6    "(a) A person commits the offense of enticing a child for
  2- 7    indecent purposes when he or she solicits, entices, or
  2- 8    takes any child under the age of 14 16 years to any place
  2- 9    whatsoever for the purpose of child molestation or
  2-10    indecent acts."

                         SECTION 4.

  2-11  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-12  repealed.































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