General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 197
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 916
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 197
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 916
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING INDECENT EXPOSURE DIRECTED AT A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) designate public indecency under section 53a-186 of the general statutes as public indecency in the second degree, and establish a new class D felony crime of public indecency in the first degree when the actor commits public indecency in the second degree knowing that such conduct will be viewed by a person under sixteen years of age, and (2) require those convicted of public indecency in the first degree to register with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection as a sexual offender.
Statement of Purpose:
To establish that public indecency committed knowing that such conduct will be viewed by a person under sixteen years of age shall constitute a class D felony, and require those convicted of the offense to register with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection as a sexual offender.