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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1034 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 35-45-4-1. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Indecent displays by incarcerated individuals. Creates the |
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| 8 | 8 | | crime of indecent exposure in a penal facility, a Class C misdemeanor. |
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| 9 | 9 | | Effective: July 1, 2025. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Heaton, Borders |
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| 11 | 11 | | January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 2025 IN 1034—LS 6065/DI 151 Introduced |
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| 13 | 13 | | First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 14 | 14 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 15 | 15 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 16 | 16 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 18 | 18 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 19 | 19 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 20 | 20 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 22 | 22 | | between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 23 | 23 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1034 |
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| 24 | 24 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 25 | 25 | | criminal law and procedure. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 27 | 27 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 35-45-4-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.142-2020, |
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| 28 | 28 | | 2 SECTION 71, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE |
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| 29 | 29 | | 3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 4 in a public place: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 5 (1) engages in sexual intercourse; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 6 (2) engages in other sexual conduct (as defined in |
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| 33 | 33 | | 7 IC 35-31.5-2-221.5); |
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| 34 | 34 | | 8 (3) appears in a state of nudity with the intent to arouse the sexual |
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| 35 | 35 | | 9 desires of the person or another person; or |
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| 36 | 36 | | 10 (4) fondles the person's genitals or the genitals of another person; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 11 commits public indecency, a Class A misdemeanor. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 12 (b) A person at least eighteen (18) years of age who knowingly or |
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| 39 | 39 | | 13 intentionally, in a public place, appears in a state of nudity with the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 14 intent to be seen by a child less than sixteen (16) years of age commits |
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| 41 | 41 | | 15 public indecency, a Class A misdemeanor. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 16 (c) However, the offense under subsection (a) or (b) is a Level 6 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 17 felony if the person who commits the offense has a prior unrelated |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2025 IN 1034—LS 6065/DI 151 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 1 conviction under subsection (a) or (b). |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2 (d) As used in this section, "nudity" means the showing of the |
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| 47 | 47 | | 3 human male or female genitals, pubic area, or buttocks with less than |
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| 48 | 48 | | 4 a fully opaque covering, the showing of the female breast with less than |
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| 49 | 49 | | 5 a fully opaque covering of any part of the nipple, or the showing of |
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| 50 | 50 | | 6 covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 7 (e) A person who, in a place other than a public place, with the |
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| 52 | 52 | | 8 intent to be seen by persons other than invitees and occupants of that |
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| 53 | 53 | | 9 place: |
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| 54 | 54 | | 10 (1) engages in sexual intercourse; |
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| 55 | 55 | | 11 (2) engages in other sexual conduct (as defined in |
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| 56 | 56 | | 12 IC 35-31.5-2-221.5); |
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| 57 | 57 | | 13 (3) fondles the person's genitals or the genitals of another person; |
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| 58 | 58 | | 14 or |
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| 59 | 59 | | 15 (4) appears in a state of nudity; |
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| 60 | 60 | | 16 where the person can be seen by persons other than invitees and |
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| 61 | 61 | | 17 occupants of that place commits indecent exposure, a Class C |
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| 62 | 62 | | 18 misdemeanor. |
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| 63 | 63 | | 19 (f) A person who, in a penal facility, with the intent to be seen by |
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| 64 | 64 | | 20 persons other than inmates: |
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| 65 | 65 | | 21 (1) engages in sexual intercourse; |
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| 66 | 66 | | 22 (2) engages in other sexual conduct (as defined in |
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| 67 | 67 | | 23 IC 35-31.5-2-221.5); or |
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| 68 | 68 | | 24 (3) fondles the person's genitals or the genitals of another |
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| 69 | 69 | | 25 person; |
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| 70 | 70 | | 26 where the person can be seen by persons other than inmates |
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| 71 | 71 | | 27 commits indecent exposure in a penal facility, a Class C |
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| 72 | 72 | | 28 misdemeanor. |
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| 73 | 73 | | 2025 IN 1034—LS 6065/DI 151 |
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