Enacts provisions related to the death penalty for sexual offenses involving a child

Summary

The Anti‑Epstein Child Protection Act would let prosecutors seek the death penalty for first‑degree statutory rape or first‑degree sexual trafficking of a child, unless the state waives it. Trials would be split into a guilt phase and a sentencing phase before the same trier of fact, and life imprisonment without parole would be imposed if the defendant is intellectually disabled, mitigating evidence outweighs aggravating factors, or the trier opts against death. The law would apply only to offenses committed on or after August 28, 2026, and it failed to pass the Senate.

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