S.1104 / H.1835 (Sen. Fernandez; Rep. Lewis)
Removes criminal penalties for underage sex involving consenting parties who are not more than two years apart and are at least 13 years old. For example, if a 16-year-old and a15-year-old have an intimate relationship, the older youth would not be subject to arrest, incarceration or a lifetime on a sex offender registry – as is the case today.
The bill does not change the laws that criminalize non-consensual or forcible sexual assaults by youth or consensual activity with a significantly older individual.
STATUS: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Hearing held 6/10/2025
SPONSORS
House: Lewis, Higgins
Senate: Fernandes, Moore, Eldridge