2025 bills / H.B. 66
H.B. 66 Ritual Abuse Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
This bill requires law enforcement sexual assault and abuse training to cover sexual assault committed during a ritual and its effect on victims. It also adds a sentencing aggravating factor for certain offenses against people under 18 when the offense is committed as part of a ritual, including child torture if S.B. 24 passes.
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Official description
- requires current sexual assault and sexual abuse training for law enforcement officers to include training on sexual assault committed during a ritual and the impact of that conduct on the victim
- creates an aggravating factor for certain offenses committed against an individual under 18 years old if the offense was committed as part of a ritual
- contains a coordination clause to coordinate a substantive change between this bill and S.B. 24, Child Abuse and Torture Amendments, by adding the crime of child torture, which is newly created in S.B. 24, to the list of offenses that qualify for the aggravating factor created in this bill
- makes technical and conforming changes
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What members get
- An alert the day H.B. 66 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
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Every vote
- 9 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to change the bill · Jan 24, 2025Who voted how
- 9 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 24, 2025Who voted how
- 73 yes, 0 no, 2 absentFinal House vote · Jan 31, 2025Who voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 10, 2025Who voted how
- 21 yes, 0 no, 8 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 13, 2025Who voted how
- 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 14, 2025Who voted how