Child pornography; seizure and forfeiture of equipment. (SB1239)
Introduced By
Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg)
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Description
Child pornography; seizure and forfeiture of equipment; bail. Provides that all equipment and other personal property used in connection with the possession, production, distribution, publication, or sale of child pornography shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture. This bill also provides a person charged with violating 18.2-374.1 (crimes involving child pornography) or 18.2-374.3 (use of communications system to procure minors for various sexual offenses involving children) is rebuttably presumed ineligible for bail when the offender has reason to believe that the solicited person is a child under 15 years of age and the offender is at least five years older than the solicited person. Amends § 19.2-120, § 19.2-386.31, of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
Status
03/15/2007: signed by governor
History
- 01/10/2007 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070059105
- 01/10/2007 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/23/2007 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2007 Read second time and engrossed
- 01/25/2007 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/2007 Communicated to House
- 01/30/2007 Impact statement from DPB (SB1239)
- 02/06/2007 Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/2007 Read first time
- 02/06/2007 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/2007 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/20/2007 Read second time
- 02/21/2007 Read third time
- 02/21/2007 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2007 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 03/07/2007 Enrolled
- 03/07/2007 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1239ER)
- 03/07/2007 Impact statement from DPB (SB1239ER)
- 03/07/2007 Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/2007 Signed by President
- 03/15/2007 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 386 (effective 7/1/07)
- 03/21/2007 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0386)