Prostitution; affirmative defense. (SB131)
Introduced By
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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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Description
Prostitution; affirmative defense. Provides an affirmative defense to prostitution if the person was induced by another through the use of force, threat, intimidation, coercion, or deception to engage in prostitution. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 12/29/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101788D |
| 12/29/2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/01/2016 | Impact statement from DPB (SB131) |
| 02/03/2016 | Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
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 39 seconds.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
THE SENATOR FROM ALEXANDRIA, SENATOR EBBIN.Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria): THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WOULD THE SENATOR FROM RUSSELL YAELD FOR A QUESTION?
[Unknown]: THE SENATOR YIELD?
Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria): I YIELD.
[Unknown]: HE YIELDS, SENATOR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'M BY NO FLEENS AN EXPERT IN THIS AND BARELY CAN UNDERSTAND THE BILL. I WAS JUST WONDERING, FOR EXAMPLE, IT COULD BE ANYWHERE, BUT ON LINE 116, IT SAYS IF YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED FIVE YEARS BUT LESS THAN SIX YEARS, YOU RECEIVE JUST 30% OF THE ESTATE OF YOUR SPOUSE AND I WAS WONDERING, WHERE DOES THE OTHER 70% GO IF YOU DON'T HAVE CHILDREN OR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? THE SENATOR FROM RUSSELL.
Comments
The ACLU of Virginia supports this bill.