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• Introduced by Rep. Mark Meadows (D) on July 19, 2007, to revise the definition of second degree criminal sexual contact (CSC 2) that applies to sex between a county jail prisoner or probationer and a county or state corrections employee or contractor. Under current law, this is by definition CSC 2, regardless of the context or circumstances. The bill would change this to require that the corrections worker have used his or her position of authority over the victim to coerce the victim to submit.
  • Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on July 19, 2007.
    • Reported in the House on January 30, 2008, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on February 27, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that would clarify that only acts in which the actor used his or her position to gain access to, coerce, or otherwise encourage a relationship would fall under the provision. This version was bypassed in favor of another substitute that further tightens the language. The substitute failed by voice vote in the House on February 27, 2008.
  • Substitute offered by Rep. Mark Meadows (D) on February 27, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that would furhter tighten the language to apply in cases in which the actor had sexual contact with a prisoner or who used "his or her position of authority over the victim to gain access to or to coerce or otherwise encourage the victim to engage in sexual contact during any term of supervision". The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on February 27, 2008.
• Passed 108 to 0 in the House on February 27, 2008.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on February 28, 2008.
  • Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 28, 2008.
    • Reported in the Senate on December 11, 2008, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.