Title: 
Headings: HOUSE RESEARCH
HOUSE
 
RESEARCH

Short
 
Subjects

Overview
 
of
 
Criminal
 
Sexual
 
Conduct
 
Crimes
 

Penalties
 
Applying
 
to
 
Criminal
 
Sexual
 
Conduct
 

What
 
other
 
mandatory
 
sentencing
 
provisions
 
apply?
 


Content: If
 
a
 
court
 
sentences
 
a
 
felony-level
 
sex
 
offender
 
to
 
prison,
 
the
 
court
 
must
 
also
 
sentence
 
the
 
offender
 
to
 
serve
 
a
 
minimum
 
period
 
of
 
“conditional
 
release”
 
after
 
release
 
from
 
prison. The
 
mandatory
 
conditional
 
release
 
period
 
is
 
ten
 
years,
 
except
 
for
 
offenders
 
who
 
were
 
sentenced
 
to
 
indeterminate
 
life
 
sentences
 
due
 
to
 
aggravating
 
factors
 
and
 
certain
 
repeat
 
offenders,
 
who
 
are
 
both
 
subject
 
to
 
lifetime
 
conditional
 
release. Mandatory
 
Predatory
 
Offender
 
Assessment
 
and
 
Treatment. The
 
court
 
must
 
order
 
a
 
predatory
 
offender
 
treatment
 
assessment
 
for
 
any
 
person
 
convicted
 
of
 
criminal
 
sexual
 
conduct
 
(any
 
degree),
 
surreptitious
 
intrusion,
 
obscene
 
phone
 
calls,
 
or
 
indecent
 
exposure. The
 
court
 
may
 
waive
 
the
 
assessment
 
if
 
the
 
offender
 
is
 
eligible
 
for
 
a
 
presumptive
 
prison
 
sentence
 
or
 
has
 
already
 
been
 
assessed. If
 
the
 
assessment
 
indicates
 
the
 
offender
 
is
 
in
 
need
 
of
 
and
 
amenable
 
to
 
treatment,
 
the
 
court
 
must
 
order
 
the
 
offender
 
to
 
undergo
 
treatment
 
if
 
it
 
places
 
the
 
offender
 
on
 
probation. What
 
other
 
laws
 
are
 

Predatory
 
offenders
 
are
 
subject
 
to
 
a
 
number
 
of
 
laws. The
 
purpose
 
of
 
these
 
laws
 
is
 

Predatory
 
offenders
 
are
 
subject
 
to
 
a
 
number
 
of
 
laws. The
 
purpose
 
of
 
these
 
laws
 
is
 

predatory
 
offenders
 

to
 
aid
 
law
 
enforcement
 
in
 
detecting
 
crime
 
and
 
furthering
 
public
 
safety. to
 
aid
 
law
 
enforcement
 
in
 
detecting
 
crime
 
and
 
furthering
 
public
 
safety.