Indecent exposure is intentionally making any open and obscene exposure of his person or other person, knowing that will cause reasonable affront or alarm. The crime is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in county jail. If exposure is made to a person under the age of 14, it a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in county jail. If the offender has a prior conviction for indecent exposure or a sex offense, it is an unranked class C felony punishable by up to five years in state prison. Indecent exposure is made a gross misdemeanor for all first time violations.
Subsequent offenses remain a class C felony.
A felony conviction for indecent exposure is added to the list of sex offenses requiring registration with local law enforcement. The substitute bill limited sex offender registration to those convicted of a felony violation of indecent exposure. Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed. It is the same act either way. This bill does not change the crime, it simply makes the penalties for first time offenders even across the board.