It is noteworthy that the bill merely codifies the current common law punishment for the crime, which is already recognized both by state Supreme Court precedent and an existing statute defining the penalty for all common law crimes. The virtue of a statute is that it would clarify the state of the law. In fact, the common law, which means court precedents, is one of the two standard methods by which law is made. The other method is statutes adopted by a legislature. The two methods are closely interrelated.
Courts routinely apply statutes to particular situations.
These rulings are then used to define terms and applications of the statutes in subsequent cases. These court rulings are then noted in revisions of the statute books. They are instead published in separate volumes called law reporters. When there are no statutes, the courts apply their previous rulings. The fact that all of this is a mystery to so many is an indictment of most high school government classes.