00                            SENATE BILL NO. 30                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to failure to report certain crimes."                                                                  
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 11.56.765(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (a)  A person, other than the victim, commits the crime of failure to report a                               
05       felony [VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST A CHILD] if the person                                                
06                 (1)  witnesses what the person knows or reasonably should know is a                                 
07       felony;                                                                                                       
08                      [(A)  THE MURDER OR ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A                                                          
09            CHILD BY ANOTHER;                                                                                            
10                      (B)  THE KIDNAPPING OR ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING                                                        
11            OF A CHILD BY ANOTHER;                                                                                       
12                      (C)  THE SEXUAL PENETRATION OR ATTEMPTED                                                           
13            SEXUAL PENETRATION BY ANOTHER                                                                                
14                           (i)  OF A CHILD WITHOUT CONSENT OF THE                                                        
15                 CHILD;                                                                                                  

01                           (ii)  OF A CHILD THAT IS MENTALLY                                                             
02                 INCAPABLE;                                                                                              
03                           (iii)  OF A CHILD THAT IS INCAPACITATED; OR                                                   
04                           (iv)  OF A CHILD THAT IS UNAWARE THAT A                                                       
05                 SEXUAL ACT IS BEING COMMITTED; OR                                                                       
06                      (D)  THE ASSAULT OF A CHILD BY ANOTHER CAUSING                                                     
07            SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO THE CHILD;                                                                        
08                 (2)  KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW THAT THE                                                           
09       CHILD IS UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE;] and                                                                              
10                 (2) [(3)]  does not in a timely manner report that crime to a peace                                 
11       officer or law enforcement agency.                                                                                
12    * Sec. 2. AS 11.56.765(d) is amended to read:                                                                      
13            (d)  Failure to report a felony [VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTED AGAINST                                         
14       A CHILD] is a class C felony [A MISDEMEANOR].                                                                 
15    * Sec. 3. AS 11.56.765(c) is repealed.                                                                             
16    * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
17 read:                                                                                                                   
18       APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to offenses committed on or after the effective                                   
19 date of this Act.