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SB 1239 Child pornography; seizure and forfeiture of equipment.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
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 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 HB 2980.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070059105 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1239ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/21/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0386) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070059105
- 01/10/07 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/22/07 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/07 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/25/07 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/07 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/06/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/07 House: Read first time
- 02/06/07 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/07 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 House: Read second time
- 02/21/07 House: Read third time
- 02/21/07 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/07 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1239ER)
- 03/07/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/15/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 386 (effective 7/1/07)
- 03/21/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0386)