SSB 1016

Dónde está ahora

1. ✓
   Hecho: Presentado20 de febrero de 2019
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   Hecho: Subcomité15 de enero de 2019
3. ✓
   Hecho: Comité del Senado20 de febrero de 2019
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   Hecho: Lo aprueba el Senado9 de abril de 201948–0
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   Hecho: Comité de la Cámara5 de marzo de 2020
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   Se detuvo: Lo aprueba la CámaraMurió al terminar la Asamblea General
7. Sigue: A gobernador(a)
8. Sigue: Firmado como ley

Murió al terminar la sesión La sesión de 2020 terminó el 14 de junio de 2020, la última sesión ordinaria de la Asamblea General. Los proyectos que no pasaron por ambas cámaras murieron. ¿Qué es el embudo (funnel)?

Qué contiene

La explicación oficial está en inglés; todavía no hay resumen en palabras sencillas.

This bill relates to expert testimony in child sexual abuse, child abuse, and child endangerment cases.6 (child endangerment), against a victim under 18 years of age at the time of the offense and “sexual abuse” as a criminal charge alleging that the defendant has committed an offense under Code chapter 709 (sexual abuse) against a victim under 18 years of age at the time of the offense.39, which provides that in a criminal prosecution in which a defendant has been charged with child sexual abuse or child endangerment, evidence from a qualified expert witness is admissible on matters relevant to the case, including but not limited to testimony from the expert witness based upon the expert’s education, training, and experience concerning any of the following: (1) reasons child victims delay disclosure of circumstances surrounding sexual abuse or child endangerment, or intermittently disclose details of such circumstances surrounding sexual abuse or child endangerment; (2) the process engaged in by perpetrators of sexual abuse to groom their victims, or grooming behaviors in general, which include but are not limited to preparing a child for victimization and ensuring the child does not report the sexual abuse; (3) the various reasons that child victims recant allegations of sexual abuse or child endangerment; and (4) possible symptoms or post-allegation behaviors of a child who is the victim of sexual abuse or child endangerment.

Texto completo del proyecto (en inglés)¹