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2007 SESSION

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HB 1921 Extortion; withholding immigration document.

Introduced by: H. Morgan Griffith | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Extortion by withholding immigration document.  Provides that any person who confiscates, withholds or threatens to withhold any actual or purported passport, immigration document or other government identification document and thereby extorts money, property, or pecuniary benefit is guilty of a Class 5 felony.  This bill is similar to SB 815.

FULL TEXT

• 01/04/07  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 075125308  pdf | impact statement
• 01/23/07  House: Committee substitute printed 077798308-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/12/07  Senate: Committee substitute printed 070753820-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/22/07  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1921ER)  pdf | impact statements
• 03/27/07  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0453)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/04/07  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 075125308
• 01/04/07  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/11/07  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
• 01/22/07  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
• 01/22/07  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/23/07  House: Committee substitute printed 077798308-H1
• 01/24/07  House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety (Sherwood)
• 02/02/07  House: Reported from Appropriations (23-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/07  House: Read first time
• 02/05/07  House: Read second time
• 02/05/07  House: Committee substitute agreed to 077798308-H1
• 02/05/07  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1921H1
• 02/06/07  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/07  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/07  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/07/07  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/07/07  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/12/07  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/07  Senate: Committee substitute printed 070753820-S1
• 02/13/07  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: Read third time
• 02/14/07  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/14/07  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 070753820-S1
• 02/14/07  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1921S1
• 02/14/07  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/07  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/07  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/16/07  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/07  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/07  House: Enrolled
• 02/22/07  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1921ER)
• 02/23/07  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/24/07  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/19/07  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 453 (effective 7/1/07)
• 03/27/07  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0453)