immigration document, or another actual or purported government identification document, of the victim; (c) knowingly destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, or possessing an actual or purported adoption certificate issued by any state; (d) extortion or blackmail; (d)(e) causing or threatening to cause financial harm to the victim; (e)(f) facilitating or controlling a access to a victim’s controlled substance; or (f)(g) coercion.” SECTION 8. Section 1632020(K) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 258 of 2012, is amended to read: Evidence of the following facts or conditions do not “(K) constitute a defense in a prosecution for a violation of this article, nor does the evidence preclude a finding of a violation: (1) the sexual history or history of commercial victim’s sexual activity, the specific instances of the victim’s sexual conduct, opinion evidence of the conduct, and victim’s sexual reputation evidence of the conduct; victim’s sexual (2) the connection by blood, adoption, or marriage victim’s to a defendant in the case or to anyone involved in the victim’s trafficking; (3) the implied or express consent of a victim to acts which violate the provisions of this section do not constitute a defense to violations of this section; (4) age of consent to sex, legal age of marriage, or other discretionary age; and (5) mistake as to the age, even if the mistake is victim’s reasonable.” SECTION 9. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. XX
immigration document, or another actual or purported government identification document, of the victim; (c) knowingly destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, or possessing an actual or purported adoption certificate issued by any state; (d) extortion or blackmail; (d)(e) causing or threatening to cause financial harm to the victim; (e)(f) facilitating or controlling a victim’s access to a controlled substance; or (f)(g) coercion.” SECTION 8. Section 1632020(K) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 258 of 2012, is amended to read: “(K) Evidence of the following facts or conditions do not constitute a defense in a prosecution for a violation of this article, nor does the evidence preclude a finding of a violation: (1) the victim’s sexual history or history of commercial sexual activity, the specific instances of the victim’s sexual conduct, opinion evidence of the victim’s sexual conduct, and reputation evidence of the victim’s sexual conduct; (2) the victim’s connection by blood, adoption, or marriage to a defendant in the case or to anyone involved in the victim’s trafficking; (3) the implied or express consent of a victim to acts which violate the provisions of this section do not constitute a defense to violations of this section; (4) age of consent to sex, legal age of marriage, or other discretionary age; and (5) mistake as to the victim’s age, even if the mistake is reasonable.” SECTION 9. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. XX
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