HB 91: "An Act relating to reporting of certain crimes."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 91 01 "An Act relating to reporting of certain crimes." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 04 to read: 05 SHORT TITLE. This Act may be known as Kiva's Law. 06 * Sec. 2. AS 11.56.765(a) is amended to read: 07 (a) A person, other than the victim, commits the crime of failure to report a 08 violent crime [COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD] if the person 09 (1) witnesses what the person knows or reasonably should know is 10 (A) the murder or attempted murder of a person [CHILD] by 11 another; 12 (B) the kidnapping or attempted kidnapping of a person 13 [CHILD] by another; 14 (C) the sexual penetration or attempted sexual penetration by 15 another
01 (i) of a person [CHILD] without consent of the person 02 [CHILD]; 03 (ii) of a person [CHILD] that is mentally incapable; 04 (iii) of a person [CHILD] that is incapacitated; or 05 (iv) of a person [CHILD] that is unaware that a sexual 06 act is being committed; or 07 (D) the assault of a person [CHILD] by another causing 08 serious physical injury to the person [CHILD]; and 09 (2) [KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW THAT THE 10 CHILD IS UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE; AND 11 (3)] does not in a timely manner report that crime to a peace officer or 12 law enforcement agency. 13 * Sec. 3. AS 11.53.765(d) is amended to read: 14 (d) Failure to report a violent crime [COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD] is 15 a class C felony [A MISDEMEANOR].