ORIGINAL HOUSE                                           

BILL   NO.  0080

 

ENROLLED ACT NO. 31,  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2001 GENERAL SESSION

 

 

 

 

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; defining the crime
of sexual battery; providing a penalty; and providing for
an effective date.

 

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

 

Section 1.  W.S. 6-2-313 is created to read:

 

6-2-313.  Sexual battery.

 

(a)  Except under circumstances constituting a
violation of W.S. 6-2-302 through 6-2-304, 6-2-502 or
14-3-105, an actor who unlawfully subjects another person
to any sexual contact is guilty of sexual battery.

 

(b)  Sexual battery is a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not
more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both.

 

Section 2.  W.S. 6-2-301(a)(ix) is amended to read:

 

6-2-301.  Definitions.

 

(a)  As used in this article:

 

(ix)  "This article" means W.S. 6-2-301 through  
6-2-312
6-2-313.

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Section 3.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

 

(END)

 

 

 

 

                                     

Speaker of the House                  President of the Senate

 

                                              

                 Governor                     

                                              

                 TIME APPROVED: _________     

                 DATE APPROVED: _________     

 

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

 

 

Chief Clerk

 

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