SF0139 - Child abuse-crimes in presence of child.
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2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0566 |
SENATE FILE NO. SF0139
Child abuse-crimes in presence of child.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Goodenough and Representative(s)
Deegan
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to child
abuse; prohibiting commission of
2 specified
acts of violence in the presence of a child;
3
defining elements; imposing penalties; and providing for an
4
effective date.
5
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
7
8 Section
1. W.S.
6-2-501 by creating a new subsection
9
(g) and 6-2-503 by creating new subsections (c) and (d) are
10 amended to read:
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12 6-2-501. Simple assault; battery;
battery committed
13 in presence of child; penalties.
14
15 (g) A person who commits battery against any other
16 household
member as defined by W.S. 35-21-102(a)(iv), in
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1 the presence of a child as defined by W.S. 6-2-503(d), is
2 guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment for not
3 more than one (1) year, a penalty of
not more than one
4 thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
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6 6-2-503. Child abuse; commission of
violent act in
7 presence of child;
penalty.
8
9 (c) In addition to
subsection (b) of this section, a
10 person
is guilty of child abuse, a felony punishable by
11 imprisonment
for not more than three (3) years, if in the
12 presence
of a child, he commits or attempts to commit:
13
14 (i) A violation of W.S. 6-2-101 or 6-2-104
15 through
6-2-108 against a household member as defined under
16 W.S.
35-21-102(a)(iv);
17
18 (ii) A violation of W.S. 6-2-502 against a
19 household
member as defined under W.S. 35-21-102(a)(iv).
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21 (d) As used in subsection (c) of this section, "in
22 the
presence of a child" means:
23
24 (i) The child is age one (1) or greater; and
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2 (ii) In the actual physical presence of the child; or
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4 (iii) Having knowledge
that a child is present and
5 that the child may see or hear an act
of violence.
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7 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
9 (END)
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