Increasing the penalties for the crime of sexual extortion when an offender is 18 years of age or older and the victim is less than 18 years of age or a dependent adult, creating the crimes of aggravated sexual extortion causing great bodily harm and aggravated sexual extortion causing death and requiring the attorney general to prepare and provide educational materials and information concerning such crimes.

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The bill makes sexual extortion of anyone under 18 or a dependent adult a higher‑level felony when the offender is an adult, and creates new crimes for cases that cause serious injury or death. It also orders the attorney general to develop and distribute educational materials about the crime and to report on the effort each year. The changes aim to better protect vulnerable victims and increase public awareness.

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