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SB 119

BillStateINSenate
Grooming.
About This Bill
Latest Action · Mar 5, 2026
Public Law 111
Session
2026
Introduced
Dec 9, 2025
Primary Sponsor
Dan Dernulc· author

Summary

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Adds a facility or event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age to the list of facilities at which a sexually violent predator or an offender against children may not work or volunteer. Adds entering a facility or location holding an event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age by a serious sex offender to the crime of unlawful entry by a serious sex offender. Renames the offense of "inappropriate communication with a child" to "sexual grooming", and provides (in addition to the current elements of the offense) that a person commits the offense if the person engages in a pattern of repeated or continuous contact with an individual whom the person believes to be a child less than 14 years of age, with the intent to condition the individual to be less resistant to future sexual conduct or sexual activity. Specifies that "computer network" includes cellular telephones.

Subjects

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AND SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSESCHILDREN AND MINORS; Crimes Against ChildrenCHILDREN AND MINORS; GenerallyCRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; GenerallyCRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sex Offenses

Co-sponsors (10)

Rick Niemeyer · author
Liz Brown · author
Brett Clark · coauthor
Rodney Pol · coauthor
Michael Young · coauthor
Lonnie Randolph · coauthor
Blake Doriot · coauthor
Julie Olthoff · sponsor
John Bartlett · cosponsor
Becky Cash · cosponsor

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