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(1) Any person who subjects another person to sexual penetration (a) without the consent of the victim, (b) who knew or should have known that the victim was mentally or physically incapable of resisting or appraising the nature of his or her conduct, or (c) when the actor is nineteen years of age or older and the victim is at least twelve but less than sixteen years of age is guilty of sexual assault in the first degree. (2) Sexual assault in the first degree is a Class II felony. The sentencing judge shall consider whether the actor caused serious personal injury to the victim in reaching a decision on the sentence. (3) Any person who is found guilty of sexual assault in the first degree for a second time when the first conviction was pursuant to this section or any other state or federal law with essentially the same elements as this section shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of twenty-five years in prison.

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(1) A person commits sexual assault of a child in the second or third degree if he or she subjects another person fourteen years of age or younger to sexual contact and the actor is at least nineteen years of age or older. (2) Sexual assault of a child is in the second degree if the actor causes serious personal injury to the victim. Sexual assault of a child in the second degree is a Class II felony for the first offense. (3) Sexual assault of a child is in the third degree if the actor does not cause serious personal injury to the victim. Sexual assault of a child in the third degree is a Class IIIA felony for the first offense.

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(1) For purposes of the Nebraska Criminal Code and any statute passed by the Legislature after the date of passage of the code, felonies are divided into ten classes which are distinguished from one another by the following penalties which are authorized upon conviction: Class I felony Death Class IA felony Life imprisonment Class IB felony Maximum—life imprisonment Minimum—twenty years imprisonment Class IC felony Maximum—fifty years imprisonment Mandatory minimum—five years imprisonment Class ID felony Maximum—fifty years imprisonment Mandatory minimum—three years imprisonment Class II felony Maximum—fifty years imprisonment Minimum—one year imprisonment Class IIA felony Maximum—twenty years imprisonment Minimum—none Class III felony Maximum—four years imprisonment and two years post-release supervision or twenty-five thousand dollars fine, or both Minimum—none for imprisonment and none for post-release supervision Class IIIA felony Maximum—three years imprisonment and eighteen months post-release supervision or ten thousand dollars fine, or both Minimum—none for imprisonment and none for post-release supervision Class IV felony Maximum—two years imprisonment and twelve months…

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(1) It shall be unlawful for a person nineteen years of age or older to knowingly possess or receive any child sexual abuse material. Violation of this subsection is a Class IIA felony. (2)(a) It shall be unlawful for a person under nineteen years of age to knowingly and intentionally possess or receive any child sexual abuse material. (b) Violation of this subsection is a Class I misdemeanor. A second or subsequent conviction under this subsection is a Class IV felony. (3) For a defendant who was eighteen years of age or older but under nineteen years of age at the time of the offense, it shall be an affirmative defense to a charge made pursuant to subsection (2) of this section that: (a) The visual depiction: (i) Portrays a child who is fifteen years of age or older; (ii) Was knowingly and voluntarily generated by the child depicted therein; (iii) Was knowingly and voluntarily provided by such child; and (iv) Portrays only one child other than the defendant; (b) The defendant has not provided or made available the visual depiction to another person except such child; and (c) The defendant did not coerce such child to either create or send the visual depiction.

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(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly make, direct, create, or in any manner generate any child sexual abuse material. (2) It shall be unlawful for a person knowingly to purchase, rent, sell, deliver, distribute, display for sale, advertise, trade, publish, circulate, or provide to any person any child sexual abuse material. (3) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly employ, force, authorize, induce, or otherwise cause a child to appear or be depicted in any child sexual abuse material. (4) It shall be unlawful for a parent, stepparent, legal guardian, or any person with custody and control of a child, knowing the content thereof, to consent to such child appearing or being depicted in any child sexual abuse material.

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(1)(a) No person, by any means and without privilege to do so, shall knowingly solicit, coax, entice, or lure or attempt to solicit, coax, entice, or lure any child under the age of fourteen years to enter into any vehicle, whether or not the person knows the age of the child. (b) No person, by any means and without privilege to do so, shall solicit, coax, entice, or lure or attempt to solicit, coax, entice, or lure any child under the age of fourteen years to enter into any place with the intent to seclude the child from his or her parent, guardian, or other legal custodian or the general public, whether or not the person knows the age of the child. For purposes of this subdivision, seclude means to take, remove, hide, secrete, conceal, isolate, or otherwise unlawfully separate.

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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Sexual contact has the same meaning as in section 28-318; (b) Sexual penetration has the same meaning as in section 28-318; (c) School means a public, private, denominational, or parochial school approved or accredited by the State Department of Education; (d) School contract worker means a person nineteen years of age or older who, as part of such person's employment, is assigned to work at a school and works in proximity to students of such school, but who is not employed by such school; (e) School employee means a person nineteen years of age or older who is employed by a school; (f) School worker means a school contract worker or a school employee; and (g) Student means a person at least sixteen but not more than nineteen years of age enrolled in or attending a school, or who was such a person enrolled in or who attended school within ninety days of any violation of this section.

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(1) A person commits sexual assault of a child in the first degree: (a) When he or she subjects another person under twelve years of age to sexual penetration and the actor is at least nineteen years of age or older; or (b) When he or she subjects another person who is at least twelve years of age but less than sixteen years of age to sexual penetration and the actor is twenty-five years of age or older. (2) Sexual assault of a child in the first degree is a Class IB felony with a mandatory minimum sentence of fifteen years in prison for the first offense.

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(1) Any person who subjects another person to sexual contact (a) without consent of the victim, or (b) who knew or should have known that the victim was physically or mentally incapable of resisting or appraising the nature of his or her conduct is guilty of sexual assault in either the second degree or third degree. (2) Sexual assault shall be in the second degree and is a Class IIA felony if the actor shall have caused serious personal injury to the victim. (3) Sexual assault shall be in the third degree and is a Class I misdemeanor if the actor shall not have caused serious personal injury to the victim.

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(1) No person shall knowingly solicit, coax, entice, or lure (a) a child sixteen years of age or younger or (b) a peace officer who is believed by such person to be a child sixteen years of age or younger, by means of an electronic communication device as that term is defined in section 28-833, to engage in an act which would be in violation of section 28-319, 28-319.01, or 28-320.01 or subsection (1) or (2) of section 28-320. A person shall not be convicted of both a violation of this subsection and a violation of section 28-319, 28-319.01, or 28-320.01 or subsection (1) or (2) of section 28-320 if the violations arise out of the same set of facts or pattern of conduct and the individual solicited, coaxed, enticed, or lured under this subsection is also the victim of the sexual assault under section 28-319, 28-319.01, or 28-320.01 or subsection (1) or (2) of section 28-320. (2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class ID felony. If a person who violates this section has previously been convicted of a covered offense as defined in section 28-1802, the person is guilty of a Class IC felony.

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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Person means an individual employed by the Department of Health and Human Services and includes, but is not limited to, any individual working in central administration or regional service areas or facilities of the department and any individual to whom the department has authorized or delegated control over a protected individual or a protected individual's activities, whether by contract or otherwise; and (b) Protected individual means an individual in the care or custody of the department. (2) A person commits the offense of sexual abuse of a protected individual if the person subjects a protected individual to sexual penetration or sexual contact as those terms are defined in section 28-318. It is not a defense to a charge under this section that the protected individual consented to such sexual penetration or sexual contact. (3) Any person who subjects a protected individual to sexual penetration is guilty of sexual abuse of a protected individual in the first degree. Sexual abuse of a protected individual in the first degree is a Class IIA felony.

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(1) A conservator, guardian, or guardian ad litem shall not subject any individual whom he or she has been appointed to serve as a conservator, guardian, or guardian ad litem to sexual penetration or sexual contact. (2) It is not a defense to a charge under this section that such individual consented to such sexual penetration or sexual contact. (3) Sexual contact or sexual penetration between spouses is not a violation of this section. (4) A conservator, guardian, or guardian ad litem who subjects an individual to sexual penetration in violation of this section is guilty of sexual abuse by a conservator, guardian, or guardian ad litem in the first degree. Such offense is a Class IIA felony. (5) A conservator, guardian, or guardian ad litem who subjects an individual to sexual contact in violation of this section is guilty of sexual abuse by a conservator, guardian, or guardian ad litem in the second degree. Such offense is a Class IIIA felony.

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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Child welfare service provider means any: (i) Individual or entity providing child welfare services, including, but not limited to, any person with a contract or agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services to provide child welfare services; and (ii) An agent or employee of an individual or entity described in subdivision (1)(a)(i) of this section; and (b) Minor means an individual who is under nineteen years of age. (2) A child welfare service provider shall not subject any minor receiving child welfare services from such provider or who is otherwise in such provider's care, custody, or control to sexual penetration or sexual contact. (3) It is not a defense to a charge under this section that such minor consented to such sexual penetration or sexual contact. (4) A child welfare service provider who subjects a minor to sexual penetration in violation of this section is guilty of sexual abuse by a child welfare service provider in the first degree. Such offense is a Class IIA felony.

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(1) A person commits the offense of incest if he or she knowingly: (a) Intermarries or engages in sexual penetration or sexual contact with any person who falls within the degrees of consanguinity set forth in section 28-702; (b) Engages in sexual penetration or sexual contact with his or her stepchild who is under nineteen years of age; or (c) Engages in sexual penetration or sexual contact with his or her adopted child or foster child. (2) Incest is a Class III felony, except that incest with a person who is under eighteen years of age is a Class IIA felony. (3) For purposes of this section, the definitions found in section 28-318 shall be used. (4) The testimony of a victim shall be entitled to the same weight as the testimony of victims of other crimes under this code.

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(1) A person commits child abuse if he or she knowingly, intentionally, or negligently causes or permits a minor child to be: (a) Placed in a situation that endangers his or her life or physical or mental health; (b) Cruelly confined or cruelly punished; (c) Deprived of necessary food, clothing, shelter, or care; (d) Placed in a situation to be sexually exploited through sex trafficking of a minor as defined in section 28-830 or by allowing, encouraging, or forcing such minor child to engage in debauchery, public indecency, or obscene or pornographic photography, films, or depictions; (e) Placed in a situation to be sexually abused as defined in section 28-319, 28-319.01, or 28-320.01; or (f) Placed in a situation to be a trafficking victim as defined in section 28-830. (2) The statutory privilege between patient and physician, between client and professional counselor, and between husband and wife shall not be available for excluding or refusing testimony in any prosecution for a violation of this section. (3) Child abuse is a Class I misdemeanor if the offense is committed negligently and does not result in serious bodily injury as defined in section 28-109 or death.

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(1) Any person who solicits another person not his or her spouse to perform any act of sexual contact or sexual penetration, as those terms are defined in section 28-318, in exchange for money or other thing of value, commits solicitation of prostitution. (2) Any person convicted of violating subsection (1) of this section shall be punished as follows: (a) If such person has had no prior convictions, such person shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor and pay a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars, unless the person solicited is under the age of eighteen years, in which case such person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.

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(1) Any person not a minor commits the offense of debauching a minor if he or she shall debauch or deprave the morals of any boy or girl under the age of seventeen years by: (a) Lewdly inducing such boy or girl carnally to know any other person; or (b) Soliciting any such boy or girl to visit a house of prostitution or other place where prostitution, debauchery, or other immoral practices are permitted or encouraged, for the purpose of prostitution or sexual penetration; or (c) Arranging or assisting in arranging any meeting for such purpose between any such boy or girl and any female or male of dissolute character or any inmate of any place where prostitution, debauchery, or other immoral practices are permitted or encouraged; or (d) Arranging or aiding or assisting in arranging any meeting between any such boy or girl and any other person for the purpose of sexual penetration. (2) Debauching a minor is a Class I misdemeanor.

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(1) Any person who engages in labor trafficking of a minor or sex trafficking of a minor is guilty of a Class IB felony. (2) Any person who engages in labor trafficking or sex trafficking is guilty of a Class II felony. (3) Any person, other than a trafficking victim, who knowingly benefits from or participates in a venture which has, as part of the venture, an act that is in violation of this section is guilty of a Class IIA felony. (4) It is not a defense in a prosecution under this section (a) that consent was given by the minor victim, (b) that the defendant believed that the minor victim gave consent, or (c) that the defendant believed that the minor victim was an adult.

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(1) A person commits the offense of enticement by electronic communication device if he or she is nineteen years of age or over and knowingly and intentionally utilizes an electronic communication device to contact a child under sixteen years of age or a peace officer who is believed by such person to be a child under sixteen years of age and in so doing: (a) Uses or transmits any indecent, lewd, lascivious, or obscene language, writing, or sound; (b) Transmits or otherwise disseminates any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct; or (c) Offers or solicits any indecent, lewd, or lascivious act. (2) Enticement by electronic communication device is a Class IV felony. (3) Enticement by electronic communication device is deemed to have been committed either at the place where the communication was initiated or where it was received.

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(1)(a) The Sex Offender Registration Act applies to any person who on or after January 1, 1997: (i) Has ever pled guilty to, pled nolo contendere to, or been found guilty of any of the following: (A) Kidnapping of a minor pursuant to section 28-313, except when the person is the parent of the minor and was not convicted of any other offense in this section; (B) False imprisonment of a minor pursuant to section 28-314 or 28-315; (C) Sexual assault pursuant to section 28-319 or 28-320; (D) Sexual abuse by a school worker pursuant to section 28-316.01; (E) Sexual assault of a child in the second or third degree pursuant to section 28-320.01; (F) Sexual assault of a child in the first degree pursuant to section 28-319.01; (G) Sexual abuse of a vulnerable adult or senior adult pursuant to subdivision (1)(c) of section 28-386; (H) Incest of a minor pursuant to section 28-703; (I) Pandering of a minor pursuant to section 28-802; (J) Conduct relating to child sexual abuse material under section 28-1805 or subdivision (2)(b) or (c) of section 28-1804; (K) Knowingly possessing or receiving any child sexual abuse material pursuant to subsection (1) or (5) of section 28-1803; (L)…

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(1)(a) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person to whom the Sex Offender Registration Act applies shall be required to register during any period of supervised release, probation, or parole and shall continue to comply with the act for the period of time after the date of discharge from probation, parole, or supervised release or release from incarceration, whichever date is most recent, as set forth in subdivision (b) of this subsection. A sex offender shall keep the registration current for the full registration period but shall not be subject to verification procedures during any time the sex offender is in custody or under an inpatient civil commitment, unless the sex offender is allowed a reduction in his or her registration period under subsection (2) of this section.

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