SB 318

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1 SB318
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3 By Senator Coleman
4 RFD: Judiciary
5 First Read: 19-Feb-26
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1 Enrolled, An Act,
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4Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Section
5 13A-6-65.1, Code of Alabama 1975; to revise the crime of
6 sexual torture.
7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
8Section 1. Section 13A-6-65.1, Code of Alabama 1975, is
9 amended to read as follows:
10"§13A-6-65.1
11(a) A person commits the crime of sexual torture if he
12 or she does any of the following:
13(1) Penetrates the vagina, penile opening, anus, or
14 mouth of another person with an inanimate object, by forcible
15 compulsion, with the intent to sexually torture, sexually
16 abuse, or to gratify the sexual desire of either party.
17(2) Penetrates the vagina, penile opening, anus, or
18 mouth of a person who is incapable of consent by reason of
19 being incapacitated, with an inanimate object, with the intent
20 to sexually torture, sexually abuse, or to gratify the sexual
21 desire of either party.
22(3) Penetrates the vagina, penile opening, anus, or
23 mouth of a person who is less than 12 years old of age, with
24 an inanimate object, by a person who is 16 years old of age or
25 older with the intent to sexually torture, sexually abuse, or
26 to gratify the sexual desire of either party.
27(4) By inflicting physical injury, including, but not
28 limited to, burning, crushing, wounding, mutilating, or
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29 assaulting the sex organs or intimate parts of another person,
30 with the intent to sexually torture, sexually abuse, or to
31 gratify the sexual desire of either party.
32(b) The crime of sexual torture is a Class A felony."
33Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
34 1, 2026.
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42President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
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47Speaker of the House of Representatives
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51 Senate 01-Apr-26
52 I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed
53 the Senate, as amended.
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55Patrick Harris,
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62 Passed: 09-Apr-26
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67 By: Senator Coleman
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