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HB 2980 Child pornography; seizure and forfeiture of equipment.

Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

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.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

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.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

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 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.