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2007 SESSION
HB 2980 Child pornography; seizure and forfeiture of equipment.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Child pornography; seizure and forfeiture of equipment; bail. Provides that all equipment and other personal property used in connection with the possession, production, distribution, publication, or sale of child pornography or in connection with solicitation of a minor for child pornography shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture. This bill also provides a person charged with violating § 18.2-374.1 (crimes involving child pornography) or § 18.2-374.3 (use of communications system to procure minors for various sexual offenses involving children) is rebuttably presumed ineligible for bail when the offender has reason to believe that the solicited person is a child under 15 years of age and the offender is at least five years older than the solicited person. This bill is identical to SB 1239.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070060105 pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077845232-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 072020820-S1 pdf
- 02/21/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2980ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/14/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0134) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070060105
- 01/10/07 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/17/07 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/02/07 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077845232-H1
- 02/03/07 House: Read first time
- 02/05/07 House: Read second time
- 02/05/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 077845232-H1
- 02/05/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2980H1
- 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 (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 072020820-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 072020820-S1
- 02/14/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2980S1
- 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 (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2980ER)
- 02/22/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 134 (effective 7/1/07)
- 03/14/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0134)