Amendment SA1-SB15

2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE

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SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 15

March 11, 2025 - Offered by Senator Jacque.

SB15-SA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

SB15-SA1,1,3 1. Page 5, line 3: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with line 7 and substitute:

SB15-SA1,1,5 “Section 12g. 939.623 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 939.623 (3) (a) and amended to read:

SB15-SA1,1,9 939.623 (3) (a) This section applies to a crime involving an elder person crime victim irrespective of whether the defendant had actual knowledge of the crime victim’s age. A mistake regarding the crime victim’s age is not a defense to an increased penalty under this section.

SB15-SA1,12r Section 12r. 939.623 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB15-SA1,2,2 939.623 (3) (b) This section applies to a crime involving an adult at risk crime victim only if the defendant had actual knowledge that the crime victim is an adult at risk.”.

SB15-SA1,2,4 2. Page 6, line 14: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with line 18 and substitute:

SB15-SA1,2,5 “Section 23e. 940.198 (4) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB15-SA1,2,6 940.198 (4) (title) Knowledge of age not required.

SB15-SA1,23m Section 23m. 940.198 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 940.198 (4) (a) and amended to read:

SB15-SA1,2,12 940.198 (4) (a) This section applies to a crime involving an elder person victim irrespective of whether the defendant had actual knowledge of the victim’s age. A mistake regarding the victim’s age is not a defense to a prosecution under this section.

SB15-SA1,23s Section 23s. 940.198 (4) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB15-SA1,2,15 940.198 (4) (b) This section applies to a crime involving an adult at risk victim only if the defendant had actual knowledge that the victim is an adult at risk.”.

SB15-SA1,2,18 3. Page 6, line 21: delete the material beginning with “irrespective of whether” and ending with “paragraph” on page 7, line 2, and substitute “only if the defendant had actual knowledge that the victim is an adult at risk”.

SB15-SA1,2,19 (end)