00Enrolled SB 45                                                                                                          
01 Relating to murder in the first degree.                                                                                 
02                           _______________                                                                               
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 the Sonya Ivanoff Act.                                                      
06    * Sec. 2. AS 12.55.125(a)  is amended to read:                                                                     
07            (a)  A defendant convicted of murder in the first degree or murder of an unborn                              
08       child under AS 11.41.150(a)(1) shall be sentenced to a definite term of imprisonment                              
09       of at least 20 years but not more than 99 years. A defendant convicted of murder in the                           
10       first degree shall be sentenced to a mandatory term of imprisonment of 99 years when                              
11                 (1)  the defendant is convicted of the murder of a uniformed or                                         
12       otherwise clearly identified peace officer, fire fighter, or correctional employee who                            
13       was engaged in the performance of official duties at the time of the murder;                                      
14                 (2)  the defendant has been previously convicted of                                                     
15                      (A)  murder in the first degree under AS 11.41.100 or former                                       

01            AS 11.15.010 or 11.15.020;                                                                                   
02                      (B)  murder in the second degree under AS 11.41.110 or former                                      
03            AS 11.15.030; or                                                                                             
04                      (C)  homicide under the laws of another jurisdiction when the                                      
05            offense of which the defendant was convicted contains elements similar to first                              
06            degree murder under AS 11.41.100 or second degree murder under                                               
07            AS 11.41.110;                                                                                                
08                 (3)  the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant                                
09       subjected the murder victim to substantial physical torture; [OR]                                                 
10                 (4)  the defendant is convicted of the murder of and personally caused                                  
11       the death of a person, other than a participant, during a robbery; or                                         
12                 (5)  the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the                                      
13       defendant is a peace officer who used the officer's authority as a peace officer to                           
14       facilitate the murder.                                                                                        
15    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
16 read:                                                                                                                   
17       APPLICABILITY. Section 2 of this Act applies to offenses committed on or after the                                
18 effective date of this Act.