Current through Public Act 151 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 32.1120 - Sexual assault; punishment; "sexual contact" defined(1) An individual subject to this code is guilty of sexual assault and must be punished as a court-martial directs if the individual engages in sexual contact with another individual by any of the following means: (a) By forcible compulsion.(b) By engaging in sexual conduct with an individual who is incapable of consent because the individual is any of the following: (iii) Mentally incapacitated.(c) By abuse of authority.(2) As used in this section, "sexual contact" means touching by any part of the body or an object, or causing another individual to touch, either directly or through the clothing, the vulva, penis, scrotum, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any individual, with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, or degrade any individual or to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any individual.Added by 2024, Act 77,s 37, eff. 7/8/2024.