Indiana SB0119 amends the state's criminal law to redefine and penalize sexual grooming and unlawful entry by serious sex offenders.

Indiana SB0119 amends the state's criminal law by renaming the offense of "inappropriate communication with a child" to "sexual grooming." It specifies that a person commits sexual grooming if they engage in a pattern of repeated or continuous contact with an individual whom they believe to be a child less than 14 years of age, with the intent to make the individual less resistant to future unlawful sexual conduct.

Indiana SB0119 amends the state's criminal law to redefine and penalize sexual grooming and unlawful entry by serious sex offenders.

Indiana SB0119 amends the state's criminal law by renaming the offense of "inappropriate communication with a child" to "sexual grooming." It specifies that a person commits sexual grooming if they engage in a pattern of repeated or continuous contact with an individual whom they believe to be a child less than 14 years of age, with the intent to make the individual less resistant to future unlawful sexual conduct.