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2004 SESSION
HB 718 Sexual abuse; definition.
Introduced by: Stephen C. Shannon | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Definition of sexual abuse. Adds to the definition of sexual abuse used in criminal cases: "the complaining witness is under the age of 13, the accused causes or assists the complaining witness to touch the accused's, the witness's own, or another person's intimate parts or material directly covering such intimate parts."
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 046645502 pdf | impact statement
- 02/16/04 House: Printed as engrossed 046645502-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB718ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/21/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0741) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 046645502
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/30/04 House: Reported from C. J. with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/04 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/03/04 House: Assigned to App. sub-committee: 8
- 02/13/04 House: Reported from Appropriations with amds (18-Y 7-N)
- 02/14/04 House: Read first time
- 02/16/04 House: Read second time
- 02/16/04 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/16/04 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB718E
- 02/16/04 House: Printed as engrossed 046645502-E
- 02/17/04 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/17/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 1-N)
- 02/17/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/18/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/18/04 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/25/04 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/04 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 03/02/04 Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/04 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/24/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB718ER)
- 03/24/04 House: Enrolled
- 03/26/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/12/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 741 (effective 7/1/04)
- 04/21/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0741)