Alaska’s sexual consent laws are set to be updated after a bill passed unanimously through the Alaska Legislature on the final day of the legislative session.
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It states that sexual consent must be “a freely given, reversible agreement specific to the conduct at issue by a competent person.”Keely Olson, executive director of Standing Together Against Rape, said that’s important because Alaska law will now match what is being taught in schools. She said that STAR has seen “heartbreaking” cases when a young person comes forward to report an assault only to find out what happened is not technically illegal.
Skidmore said House Bill 325 made “a gargantuan step forward” in strengthening the state’s sexual consent laws. It made other changes, too:It seeks to protect teenagers by making it illegal for someone more than 10 years older to have sex with a 16 or 17 year old. HB 325 was introduced by Rep. Sara Rasmussen, R-Anchorage, and it only included the revenge pornography changes, but legislators across the aisle amended it at the end of the session to include the provisions in House Bill 5. Rep. Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage, carried that second bill.
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