This bill addresses criminal offenses related to coercive conduct.
This bill:
- creates the criminal offense of aiding or encouraging suicide that:
contains current language regarding aiding suicide moved from the criminal offense of manslaughter; andadds new elements of encouraging suicide in certain circumstances that can be charged criminally;
- separates the criminal offenses of sexual extortion and aggravated sexual extortion into two separate offenses;
- adds additional elements to the criminal offense of sexual extortion;
- adds the criminal offenses of sexual extortion and aggravated sexual extortion to the list of offenses that are eligible to be considered a domestic violence offense;
- requires a mandatory fine for certain convictions of:aiding or encouraging suicide;sexual extortion; and aggravated sexual extortion; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.Statutes affected:
Introduced: 26B-2-120, 53-10-115, 53-29-202, 53-29-203, 53-29-205, 53G-9-207, 76-1-301, 76-3-406.5, 76-5-205, 76-17-401, 77-22-2.5, 77-36-1, 80-6-712, 80-6-804
Substitute #1: 26B-2-120, 51-9-401, 53-10-115, 53-29-202, 53-29-203, 53-29-205, 53G-9-207, 76-1-301, 76-3-406.5, 76-5-205, 76-17-401, 77-22-2.5, 77-36-1, 80-6-712, 80-6-804
Enrolled: 53-10-115, 53-29-202, 53-29-203, 53-29-205, 53G-9-207, 76-1-301, 76-3-406.5, 76-5-205, 76-17-401, 77-22-2.5, 77-36-1, 80-6-712, 80-6-804
Amended 2/12/2026 10:02:734: 53-10-115, 53-29-202, 53-29-203, 53-29-205, 53G-9-207, 76-1-301, 76-3-406.5, 76-5-205, 76-17-401, 77-22-2.5, 77-36-1, 80-6-712, 80-6-804
Substitute #2: 53-10-115, 53-29-202, 53-29-203, 53-29-205, 53G-9-207, 76-1-301, 76-3-406.5, 76-5-205, 76-17-401, 77-22-2.5, 77-36-1, 80-6-712, 80-6-804