"An Act relating to the crime of failure to stop and report a violent crime committed against a child."

It is currently a crime (a Class A misdemeanor) to fail to report a violent crime committed against a child. Unless a person fails to stop the violent crime, or fails to stop the violent crime because of fear of escalating endangerment, a person charged under this law can get up to a $10,000 fine and go to jail for up to one year. A "violent crime" for purposes of this law is defined as:

1. murder and attempted murder;
2. kidnapping and attempted kidnapping;
3. assault causing injury; and,
4. sexual penetration or attempted sexual penetration of a child
   
   
1. without consent;
2. who is incapacitated;
3. is mentally incapable; or,
4. who is unaware that a sex act is being committed.

SB 330 modifies this law to specify that adults, not children are responsible for such reporting. Also, assuming that all sexual contact with a child is inappropriate, removes the qualifiers (a) through (b) (above) that currently exempts some situations.

SB 330 adds a new section to extend the law to include adults who learn of situations where these crimes are being committed against children. Adults who learn of these crimes will be required to report if he/she is in a position of authority over the victim or the perpetrator or knows that the perpetrator is in a position of authority over the victim. SB 330 requires that adults stop, or make a legitimate attempt to stop, the commission of these crimes in addition to the current reporting requirements.

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