To create penalties for massage establishment owners and employees who fail to report knowledge or reasonable suspicion of sexual assault.

United States115th CongressHR-1023House of Representatives
Updated: Mar 2, 2017

Summary

Duty to Report Sexual Assault Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to six months, or both—on an owner or employee of a massage establishment who fails to report known or suspected sexual assault by an employee to an appropriate law enforcement agency. Additionally, the bill imposes a fine on an owner of a massage establishment who fails to publicly display policies and procedures to prevent and respond to sexual assault.

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Timeline

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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