Commercial sex trafficking; penalties. (HB1964)
Introduced By
Del. Tim Hugo (R-Centreville) with support from 60 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield), Del. Terry Austin (R-Buchanan), Del. Dickie Bell (R-Staunton), Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville), Del. Mark Berg (R-Winchester), Del. David Bulova (D-Fairfax), Del. Kathy Byron (R-Lynchburg), Del. Jeff Campbell (R-Marion), Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights), Del. Glenn Davis (R-Virginia Beach), Del. James Edmunds (R-South Boston), Del. Peter Farrell (R-Henrico), Del. Buddy Fowler (R-Ashland), Del. Mike Futrell (D-Woodbridge), Del. Scott Garrett (R-Lynchburg), Del. Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock), Del. Tag Greason (R-Potomac Falls), Del. Gordon Helsel (R-Poquoson), Del. Keith Hodges (R-Urbanna), Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Riley Ingram (R-Hopewell), Del. Chris Jones (R-Suffolk), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Barry Knight (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave), Del. Dave LaRock (R-Loudoun), Del. Jay Leftwich (R-Chesapeake), Del. Jim LeMunyon (R-Oak Hill), Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge), Del. Bob Marshall (R-Manassas), Del. Jimmie Massie (R-Richmond), Del. Randy Minchew (R-Leesburg), Del. Will Morefield (R-North Tazewell), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Israel O'Quinn (R-Bristol), Del. Bobby Orrock (R-Thornburg), Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond), Del. Chris Peace (R-Mechanicsville), Del. David Ramadan (R-South Riding), Del. Margaret Ransone (R-Kinsale), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. Roxann Robinson (R-Chesterfield), Del. Nick Rush (R-Christiansburg), Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Del. Chris Stolle (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Scott Taylor (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Ron Villanueva (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Jeion Ward (D-Hampton), Del. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan), Del. Tony Wilt (R-Harrisonburg), Del. David Yancey (R-Newport News), Del. Joseph Yost (R-Blacksburg), Sen. Bill DeSteph (R-Virginia Beach), Sen. Chris Head (R-Roanoke), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond), Sen. Todd E. Pillion (R-Abingdon)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Sex trafficking; penalties. Creates new felonies for trafficking of persons for commercial sexual activity. The bill provides that any person who recruits, transports, harbors, receives, provides, obtains, isolates, maintains, patronizes, solicits, or entices a minor to engage in commercial sexual activity is guilty of a Class 2 felony, the punishment for which includes a mandatory minimum sentence that is based on the age of the minor. The bill also provides that any person who engages in the same conduct with any other person knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that coercion or fraud will be used to cause such person to engage in commercial sexual activity is guilty of a Class 2 felony. Finally, the bill provides that any person who receives money or its equivalent that he knows or has reason to know was derived from the trafficking of persons for commercial sexual activity is guilty of a Class 3 felony. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/13/2015 | Committee |
01/13/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15103251D |
01/13/2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/14/2015 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB1964) |
01/30/2015 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
02/02/2015 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N) |
02/02/2015 | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
02/04/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1964) |
02/04/2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15104694D-H1 |
02/04/2015 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
02/06/2015 | Assigned App. sub: Public Safety |
02/06/2015 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB1964H1) |
02/06/2015 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) |
02/06/2015 | Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2015 | Read first time |
02/09/2015 | Read second time |
02/09/2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15104694D-H1 |
02/09/2015 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1964H1 |
02/10/2015 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) |
02/10/2015 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/11/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/11/2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
02/16/2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15105142D-S1 |
02/17/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/18/2015 | Read third time |
02/18/2015 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/18/2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15105142D-S1 |
02/18/2015 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1964S1 |
02/18/2015 | Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/18/2015 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB1964S1) |
02/19/2015 | Placed on Calendar |
02/20/2015 | Senate substitute rejected by House 15105142D-S1 (1-Y 95-N) |
02/20/2015 | VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 95-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2015 | Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2015 | Senate requested conference committee |
02/25/2015 | House acceded to request |
02/25/2015 | Conferees appointed by House |
02/25/2015 | Delegates: Hugo, Bell, Robert B., Watts |
02/25/2015 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
02/25/2015 | Senators: Obenshain, Howell, McDougle |
02/26/2015 | C Amended by conference committee |
02/26/2015 | Conference substitute printed 15105591D-H2 |
02/26/2015 | Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) |
02/26/2015 | VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/27/2015 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/27/2015 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB1964H2) |
03/06/2015 | Enrolled |
03/06/2015 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1964ER) |
03/06/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1964ER) |
03/06/2015 | Signed by Speaker |
03/07/2015 | Signed by President |
03/10/2015 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/10/15 |
03/10/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
03/11/2015 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB1964ER) |
03/27/2015 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 690 (effective 7/1/15) |
03/27/2015 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0690) |