S429 - 2025 Public Safety Act. (SL 2025-70)

Overview: Section 3 of S.L. 2025‑70 (Senate Bill 429) increases the punishment for committing the offense of solicitation of minors by computer as follows:

• A first violation is increased from a Class H felony to a Class G felony.
• A second or subsequent violation, or a first violation committed when the defendant had a prior conviction for a substantially similar offense, is a new offense and is punishable as a Class E felony.
• The punishment for a defendant who actually appears at the meeting location with the minor is increased from a Class G felony to a Class D felony.

This section becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.