FIRST REGULAR SESSION

[I N T R O D U C E D]

SENATE BILL NO. 236

89th GENERAL ASSEMBLY


S0810.01I

AN ACT

     To amend chapter 566, RSMo, relating to sexual offenses, by adding thereto one new section relating to the same subject, with penalty provisions.


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:

     Section A. Chapter 566, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 566.083, to read as follows:

     566.083. 1. A person commits the crime of sexual misconduct involving a child if the person:

     (1) Knowingly exposes the person's genitals to a child less than fourteen years of age in a manner that would cause a reasonable adult to believe that such conduct would cause affront or alarm to a child less than fourteen years of age;

     (2) Knowingly exposes the person's genitals to a child less than fourteen years of age for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of any person, including the child;

     (3) Coerces a child less than fourteen years of age to expose the child's genitals for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of any person, including the child; or

     (4) Engages in any type of sexual act in the presence of a child less than fourteen years of age, knowing that such sexual act will be seen or observed by such child.

     2. As used in this section, the term "sexual act" means any of the following: sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, masturbation, bestiality, sadism, masochism or fetishism.

     3. Sexual misconduct involving a child is a class D felony for the first offense and a class C felony for a second or subsequent offense.