Child pornography; venue for prosecution where unlawful act thereof is produced, stored, etc. (HB2397)

Introduced By

Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville) with support from co-patron Del. Ed Scott (R-Culpeper)

Progress

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

Description

Venue for possession of child pornography. Adds a venue provision to the statute that punishes possession, transmission, and reproduction of child pornography to include the jurisdiction where the unlawful act occurs or where any sexually explicit visual material associated with a violation of the section is produced, reproduced, found, stored, or possessed.   Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/14/2009Committee
01/14/2009Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090776432
01/14/2009Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/20/2009Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
01/21/2009Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
01/23/2009Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (19-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/27/2009Read first time
01/28/2009Read second time
01/28/2009Committee amendment agreed to
01/28/2009Engrossed by House as amended HB2397E
01/28/2009Printed as engrossed 090776432-E
01/29/2009Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
01/29/2009VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/30/2009Constitutional reading dispensed
01/30/2009Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/11/2009Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
02/16/2009Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2009Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2009Read third time
02/18/2009Reading of amendments waived
02/18/2009Committee amendments agreed to
02/18/2009Engrossed by Senate as amended
02/18/2009Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2009Placed on Calendar
02/20/2009Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
02/20/2009VOTE: --- ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/25/2009Enrolled
02/25/2009Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2397ER)
02/25/2009Signed by Speaker
02/26/2009Signed by President
03/27/2009G Approved by Governor-Chapter 379 (effective 7/1/09)
03/27/2009G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0379)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 30 seconds.