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HB 2397 Child pornography; venue for prosecution where unlawful act thereof is produced, stored, etc.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Venue for possession of child pornography. Adds a venue provision to the statute that punishes possession, transmission, and reproduction of child pornography to include the jurisdiction where the unlawful act occurs or where any child pornography is produced, reproduced, found, stored, received, or possessed in violation of the statute.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090776432 pdf
- 01/28/09 House: Printed as engrossed 090776432-E pdf
- 02/25/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2397ER) pdf
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0379) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090776432
- 01/14/09 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/20/09 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/21/09 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
- 01/23/09 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (19-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/09 House: Read first time
- 01/28/09 House: Read second time
- 01/28/09 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/28/09 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2397E
- 01/28/09 House: Printed as engrossed 090776432-E
- 01/29/09 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/09 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/30/09 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/11/09 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/16/09 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/09 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/09 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/18/09 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/18/09 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/18/09 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/09 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/20/09 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/09 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/09 House: Enrolled
- 02/25/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2397ER)
- 02/25/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/09 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 379 (effective 7/1/09)
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0379)