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2006 SESSION
HB 1071 Child pornography; mandatory minimum terms of confinement for possession thereof.
Introduced by: Matthew J. Lohr | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
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.
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HISTORY
- 01/11/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 060985496
- 01/11/06 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/18/06 House: Assigned to Courts of Justice sub-committee: Criminal Law
- 02/15/06 House: Left in Courts of Justice