Vote to pass a bill that amends various public safety laws, including laws relating to sexual conduct and law enforcement.
Highlights:
Prohibits police officers from having sexual contact, exposing intimate body parts, or engaging in other forms of lewd behavior while an individual is in their custody (Article 5, Secs. 7 & 9).
Specifies that consent of the individual in custody is not a defense (Article 5, Sec. 9).
Removes a provision that excluded the touching of an individual’s clothed buttocks from the definition of "sexual contact" (Article 5, Sec. 13).
Specifies that the above provisions do not apply to “any penetration of the mouth, genitals, or anus during a lawful search" (Article 5, Sec. 7).
Increases the penalty for assaulting a police officer without inflicting bodily harm from a gross misdemeanor to a felony punishable by up to 2 years in prison, a fine of not more than $4,000, or both (Article 4, Sec. 7).
Prohibits local officials from disarming police officers in good standing and not currently under investigation or subject to disciplinary action (Article 3, Sec. 18).
Specifies that harassing conduct or communication does not have to be severe or pervasive to qualify as discriminatory sexual harassment (Article 2, Sec. 7).
Requires the consent of any defendant or victim before any individual can record or broadcast a criminal matter (Article 2, Sec. 15).
Amends the definition of criminal vehicular homicide to include driving in a reckless manner while texting and causing either of the following (Article 4, Secs. 4-6):
Harm or death of a pregnant individual’s fetus; or
Great bodily harm to another.
Establishes a mandatory minimum sentence of 6 months in jail for first-time offenders convicted of distribution and possession of child pornography (Article 5, Sec. 27).