Bill Text: CA AB1033 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Sexual battery: condoms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-09-01 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1033 Detail]
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 1033 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Cristina Garcia (Coauthors: Senators Galgiani and Jackson) |
February 16, 2017 |
An act to amend Section Sections 243.4 and 290 of the Penal Code, relating to sexual battery.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1033, as amended, Cristina Garcia.
Sexual battery: condoms.
Existing law establishes prohibits several species forms of sexual battery, including among others, a felony in the circumstance of a person who touches the touching of an intimate part of another person while that person is unlawfully restrained by the accused or an accomplice, and
if the touching is against the will of the person touched and is for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse.
This bill would establish an additional sexual battery offense when an act of sexual intercourse is accomplished under certain circumstances, including, among others, when the a person using a condom intentionally and without consent removes the condom prior to or during the act, when the a person using the condom intentionally and without consent tampers with the condom and that condom is used during the act, or when the person intentionally and
without consent uses a condom during the act that the person knows has been tampered with. The bill would provide that the offense is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by imprisonment in the state prison for 2, 3, or 4 years, and by a fine not exceeding $10,000. The bill would make additional conforming changes.
By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 243.4 of the Penal Code is amended to read:243.4.
(a) Any person who touches an intimate part of another person while that person is unlawfully restrained by the accused or an accomplice, and if the touching is against the will of the person touched and is for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, is guilty of sexual battery. A violation of this subdivision is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, and by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars(b) Any person who touches an intimate part of another person who is institutionalized for medical treatment and who is seriously disabled or medically incapacitated, if the touching is against the will of the person touched, and if the touching is for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, is guilty of sexual battery. A violation of this subdivision is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, and by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000); ($2,000), or by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, and by a fine
not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(c) Any person who touches an intimate part of another person for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, and the victim is at the time unconscious of the nature of the act because the perpetrator fraudulently represented that the touching served a professional purpose, is guilty of sexual battery. A violation of this subdivision is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, and by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000); ($2,000), or by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, and by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(d) Any person who, for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, causes another, against that person’s will while that person is unlawfully restrained either by the accused or an accomplice, or is institutionalized for medical treatment and is seriously disabled or medically incapacitated, to masturbate or touch an intimate part of either of those persons or a third person, is guilty of sexual battery. A violation of this subdivision is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, and by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000); ($2,000), or by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, and
by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(e) (1) Any person who touches an intimate part of another person, if the touching is against the will of the person touched, and is for the specific purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, is guilty of misdemeanor sexual battery, punishable by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment. However, if the defendant was an employer and the victim was an employee of the defendant, the misdemeanor sexual battery shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars ($3,000), by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any amount of a fine above two thousand dollars ($2,000) which is collected from a defendant for a violation of this subdivision shall be transmitted to the State Treasury and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, distributed to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing for the purpose of enforcement of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 12900) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), including, but not limited to, laws that proscribe sexual harassment in places of employment. However, in no event shall an amount over two thousand dollars ($2,000) be transmitted to the State Treasury until all fines, including any restitution fines that may have been imposed upon the defendant, have been paid in full.
(2) As used in this subdivision, “touches” means physical contact with
another person, whether accomplished directly, through the clothing of the person committing the offense, or through the clothing of the victim.
(f) An act of sexual intercourse accomplished under any of the following circumstances is a felony punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year and by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, years and a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000):
(1) The There was an agreement that a condom would be used during the act and the person using a condom intentionally and without consent removes the condom prior to or during the act.
(2) The There was an agreement that a condom would be used during the act and the person using a condom intentionally and without consent tampers with the condom and that condom is used during the act.
(3) The There
was an agreement that a condom would be used during the act and the person intentionally and without consent uses a condom during the act that the person knows has been tampered with.
(4) A person intentionally and without consent tampers with a condom or knows the condom has been tampered with, provides the condom to the other person for use by the other person during the act, and the condom is used by the other person during the act.
(5) A person knowingly misrepresents to the other person that the first person is using a form of contraception other than a condom.
(g) A person who commits a violation of subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d) against a minor when the person has a prior felony conviction for a
violation of this section shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years and a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(h) As used in subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d), “touches” means physical contact with the skin of another person whether accomplished directly or through the clothing of the person committing the offense.
(i) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Intimate part” means the sexual organ, anus, groin, or buttocks of any person, and the breast of a female.
(2) “Sexual battery” does not include the crimes defined in Section 261 or
289.
(3) “Seriously disabled” means a person with severe physical or sensory disabilities.
(4) “Medically incapacitated” means a person who is incapacitated as a result of prescribed sedatives, anesthesia, or other medication.
(5) “Institutionalized” means a person who is located voluntarily or involuntarily in a hospital, medical treatment facility, nursing home, acute care facility, or mental hospital.
(6) “Minor” means a person under 18 years of age.
(j) This section shall not be construed to
does not limit or prevent prosecution under any other law which also proscribes a course of conduct that also is proscribed by this section.
(k) In the case of a felony conviction for a violation of this section, the fact that the defendant was an employer and the victim was an employee of the defendant shall be is a factor in aggravation in sentencing.
SEC. 2.
Section 290 of the Penal Code is amended to read:290.
(a) Sections 290 to 290.024, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the Sex Offender Registration Act. All references to “the Act” in those sections are to the Sex Offender Registration Act.(b) Every person described in subdivision (c), for the rest of his or her life while residing in California, or while attending school or working in California, as described in Sections 290.002 and 290.01, shall be required to register with the chief of police of the city in which he or she is residing, or the sheriff of the county if he or she is residing in an unincorporated area or city that has no police department, and, additionally, with the chief of police of a campus of the University of California, the California State University, or community college if he or
she is residing upon the campus or in any of its facilities, within five working days of coming into, or changing his or her residence within, any city, county, or city and county, or campus in which he or she temporarily resides, and shall be required to register thereafter in accordance with the Act.
(c) The following persons shall be required to register:
Any person who, since July 1, 1944, has been or is hereafter convicted in any court in this state or in any federal or military court of a violation of Section 187 committed in the perpetration, or an attempt to perpetrate, rape or any act punishable under Section 286, 288, 288a, or 289, Section 207 or 209 committed with intent to violate Section 261, 286, 288, 288a, or 289, Section 220, except assault to commit mayhem, subdivision (b) and (c) of Section 236.1,
subdivision (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of Section 243.4, paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 261, paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 262 involving the use of force or violence for which the person is sentenced to the state prison, Section 264.1, 266, or 266c, subdivision (b) of Section 266h, subdivision (b) of Section 266i, Section 266j, 267, 269, 285, 286, 288, 288a, 288.3, 288.4, 288.5, 288.7, 289, or 311.1, subdivision (b), (c), or (d) of Section 311.2, Section 311.3, 311.4, 311.10, 311.11, or 647.6, former Section 647a, subdivision (c) of Section 653f, subdivision 1 or 2 of Section 314, any offense involving lewd or lascivious conduct under Section 272, or any felony violation of Section 288.2; any statutory predecessor that includes all elements of one of the above-mentioned offenses; or any person who since that date has been or is hereafter convicted of the attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the above-mentioned
offenses.
