HB 1974 - DIGEST

Provides that an offender is eligible for the special sex offender sentencing alternative if: (1) The offender has not committed multiple acts constituting sex offenses against the same victim, regardless of whether the offender was subject to criminal charges for the acts;

(2) The offender is the immediate victim's family member;

(3) The testimony of the immediate victim of the crime is material to the case or necessary to the prosecution of the offender;

(4) The immediate victim refuses to cooperate in the investigation, or is unwilling, unable, or unavailable to testify;

(5) The immediate victim or immediate victim's family agrees to the sentence imposed under this act; and

(6) The offender's standard sentence range for the offense includes the possibility of confinement for less than eleven years.