Child pornography; mandatory minimum terms of confinement for possession thereof. (HB1071)

Introduced By

Del. Matt Lohr (R-Harrisonburg)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Child pornography; penalties. Adds the following mandatory minimum terms of confinement for possession of child pornography: six months for each sexually explicit visual material possessed by the defendant and one year if the child depicted is age 13 or younger, and one year for a second or subsequent offense. For the crime of distribution of child pornography the following mandatory minimum terms of confinement are added: one year for each sexually explicit visual material distributed and two years if the child depicted in such material is age 13 or younger. A provision is added that the mandatory minimum sentence run consecutively with any other sentence. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/11/2006Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 060985496
01/11/2006Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/12/2006Fiscal impact statement from VCSC (HB1071)
01/18/2006Assigned to Courts of Justice sub-committee: Criminal Law
02/15/2006Left in Courts of Justice