Statutory Compilation: State Child Physical Abuse Laws & Penalties Novemeber 2014 This compilation includes U.S. state, federal, and territorial statutes regarding criminal child physical abuse and the corresponding penalties. Please note that separate statutuory compilations regarding child endangerment, child abandoment, child toruture, child sexual abuse, child fatalities, child neglect, and strangulation are located on the NDAA website: http://www.ndaa.org/ncpca_state_statutes.html. For further assistance, please consult the National District Attorneys Association’s National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse by calling (703) 549-9222 or by submitting a technical assistance request at http://www.ndaa.org/ta_form.php. Table of Contents Click on the heading to go to the statute. TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................. 1 ALABAMA ................................................................................................................................................... 6 ALA. CODE § 26-15-3.1 (2014). AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE. ................................................................... 6 ALA. CODE § 26-15-2 (2014). DEFINITIONS. .............................................................................................. 7 ALA. CODE § 26-15-3 (2014). TORTURE, WILLFUL ABUSE, ETC., OF CHILD UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE BY RESPONSIBLE PERSON. ................................................................................................................................ 7 ALA. CODE § 13A-5-6. SENTENCES OF IMPRISONMENT FOR FELONIES. ..................................................... 8 ALASKA ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 ALASKA STAT. §11.41.220(A)(1) & (3) (2014). ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE ...................................... 9 ALASKA STAT. § 12.55.125 (2014). SENTENCES OF IMPRISONMENT FOR FELONIES ..................................10 ARIZONA ....................................................................................................................................................18 ARIZ. REV. STAT. ANN. §13-3623 (2014). CHILD OR VULNERABLE ADULT ABUSE; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; CLASSIFICATION; EXCEPTIONS; DEFINITIONS .............................................................................................18 ARIZ. REV. STAT. § 13-702 (2014). FIRST TIME FELONY OFFENDERS; SENTENCING; DEFINITION ...............21 ARKANSAS .................................................................................................................................................22 National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse National District Attorneys Association http://www.ndaa.org/ncpca_state_statutes.html 1 ARK. CODE ANN. § 5-13-201 (2014). BATTERY IN THE FIRST DEGREE ......................................................22 ARK. CODE ANN. § 5-4-401 (2014). FELONIES, INCARCERATION ..............................................................24 CALIFORNIA .............................................................................................................................................25 CAL. PENAL CODE § 273A (2014). WILLFUL HARM OR INJURY TO CHILD; ENDANGERING PERSON OR HEALTH; PUNISHMENT; CONDITIONS OF PROBATION ..................................................................................25 CAL. PENAL CODE § 273D (2014). CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OR INJURY OF CHILD; FELONY; PUNISHMENT; ENHANCEMENT FOR PRIOR CONVICTION; CONDITIONS OF PROBATION .......................................................26 COLORADO ...............................................................................................................................................28 COLO. REV. STAT. §18-6-401 (2014). CHILD ABUSE .................................................................................28 COLO. REV. STAT. §18-1.3-401 (2014). FELONIES CLASSIFIED--PRESUMPTIVE PENALTIES .......................32 CONNECTICUT .........................................................................................................................................45 CONN. GEN. STAT. ANN. § 53-20 (2014). CRUELTY TO PERSONS ..............................................................45 CONN. GEN. STAT. ANN. § 53A-60 (2014). ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE: CLASS D FELONY .............47 CONN. GEN. STAT. § 53A-35A (2014). IMPRISONMENT FOR FELONY COMMITTED ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 1981. DEFINITE SENTENCE. AUTHORIZED TERM ........................................................................................47 DELAWARE ...............................................................................................................................................48 DEL. CODE . TIT. 11 § 1103 (2014). CHILD ABUSE IN THE THIRD DEGREE; CLASS A MISDEMEANOR ..........48 DEL. CODE . TIT. 11 § 1103A (2014). CHILD ABUSE IN THE SECOND DEGREE; CLASS G FELONY ...............49 DEL. CODE . TIT. 11§ 1103B (2014). CHILD ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE; CLASS B FELONY .....................49 DEL. CODE . TIT. 11 § 1102 (2014). ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD; CLASS E OR G FELONY ....50 DEL. CODE ANN. TIT. 11 § 4205 (2014). SENTENCE FOR FELONIES............................................................51 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ......................................................................................................................53 D.C. CODE § 22-1101 (2014). DEFINITION AND PENALTY. ........................................................................53 FLORIDA.....................................................................................................................................................54 FLA. STAT. § 827.03 (2014). ABUSE, AGGRAVATED ABUSE, AND NEGLECT OF A CHILD; PENALTIES ..........54 FLA. STAT. § 775.082 (2014). PENALTIES; APPLICABILITY OF SENTENCING STRUCTURES; MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN REOFFENDERS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED FROM PRISON ........................56 GEORGIA ....................................................................................................................................................63 GA. CODE ANN. § 16-5-70 (2014). CRUELTY TO CHILDREN ......................................................................63 HAWAII .......................................................................................................................................................64 HAW. STAT. § 709-906 (2014). ABUSE OF FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS; PENALTY ..........................64 HAW. STAT. § 707-712 (2014). ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE ...............................................................67 ILLINOIS .....................................................................................................................................................67 720 ILL. COMP. STAT. § 5/12-3.05 (2014). AGGRAVATED BATTERY .........................................................67 730 ILL. COMP. STAT § 5/5-4.5-40 (2014). CLASS 3 FELONIES; SENTENCE ......................................74 INDIANA .....................................................................................................................................................75 IND. CODE ANN. § 35-42-2-1. BATTERY (2014) ........................................................................................75 IND. CODE ANN. § 35-50-2-7 (2014). CLASS D/LEVEL 6 FELONY ..............................................................78 IND. CODE ANN. § 35-50-2-6 (2014). CLASS C/LEVEL 5 FELONY; .............................................................80 IOWA ...........................................................................................................................................................82 IOWA CODE § 7726.6 (2014). CHILD ENDANGERMENT .............................................................................82 IOWA CODE § 902.9(2014). MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR FELONS ................................................................84 National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse National District Attorneys Association http://www.ndaa.org/ncpca_state_statutes.html 2 KANSAS .......................................................................................................................................................85 KAN. STAT. § 21-5602 (2014). ABUSE OF A CHILD ....................................................................................85 KAN. STAT. § 21-6804 (2014). SENTENCING GRID FOR NONDRUG CRIMES; AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF SENTENCING COURT; PRESUMPTIVE DISPOSITION........................................................85 KENTUCKY ................................................................................................................................................93 KY. REV. STAT. ANN. § 508.100 (2014). CRIMINAL ABUSE IN THE FIRST DEGREE ....................................93 KY. REV. STAT. ANN. § 508.110 (2014). CRIMINAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND DEGREE .................................94 KY. REV. STAT. ANN. § 508.120 (2014) CRIMINAL ABUSE IN THE THIRD DEGREE .....................................94 KY. REV. STAT. ANN. § 532.060 (2014). SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR FELONY; POSTINCARCERATION SUPERVISION .............................................................................................................................................95 LOUISIANA ................................................................................................................................................96