The crime of involuntary manslaughter shall include failure to summon aid for person when use of controlled substance is cause of death. No suspended sentence shall be ordered for assault crimes when the victim is a mass transit worker or passenger. Tampering with a juvenile court officer shall constitute the crime of tampering with a judicial officer. The act establishes a Commission on the Death Penalty, which shall hold public hearings, analyze cases and all aspects of death penalty, and issue a report by January 1, 2004. See SB 55.
Consent is no defense.
See HB 533. The act creates the crime of human cloning, a Class B felony. The act provides that crimes from other states shall be calculated when determining if the defendant is a repeat offender subject to a higher penalty for the crimes of first, second and third degree child molestation, sexual misconduct involving a child, and first and second degree sexual misconduct. The act creates the crime of sexual conduct with an animal, which is a Class D felony. Such activity in the presence of a minor or which causes the animal serious physical injury is a Class C felony.