00                             SENATE BILL NO. 118                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to online enticement of minors."                                                                       
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 11.41 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
04            Sec. 11.41.452.  Online enticement of a minor.  (a)  A person commits the                                  
05       crime of online enticement of a minor if the person, being 18 years of age or older,                              
06       knowingly uses a computer to communicate with another person to entice, solicit, or                               
07       encourage the person to engage in an act described in AS 11.41.455(a)(1) - (7) and                                
08                 (1)  the other person is a child under 16 years of age; or                                              
09                 (2)  the person believes that the other person is a child under 16 years                                
10       of age.                                                                                                           
11            (b)  In a prosecution under (a)(2) of this section, it is not a defense that the                             
12       person enticed, solicited, or encouraged was not actually a child under 16 years of age.                          
13            (c)  Except as provided in (d) of this section, online enticement is a class C                               
14       felony.                                                                                                           
15            (d)  Online enticement is a class B felony if the defendant was, at the time of                              
01       the offense, required to register as a sex offender or child kidnapper under AS 12.63 or                          
02       a similar law of another jurisdiction.                                                                            
03    * Sec. 2.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
04 read:                                                                                                                   
05       APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to offenses occurring on or after the effective                                  
06 date of this Act.