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1997 SESSION
SB 681 Altering photographs or films in campaign advertisements.
Introduced by: Henry L. Marsh III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Altering photographs or films in campaign advertisements to misrepresent candidates for public office. As engrossed, makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to knowingly, willfully, and maliciously authorize the alteration of, or alter, a photograph or film for use in a campaign advertisement to convey false information about a candidate for public office. The advertisement must be published by, or offered for publication to, a news service, newspaper, magazine, television station, or cable service. A subsequent committee substitute revises the bill to create a civil right of action in favor of a candidate for public office if the outcome of an election is substantially affected by the willing, knowing and malicious alteration of a photograph used in a print ad or on television to convey materially false information with an intent to affect the election result.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/97 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/97 977469699 pdf
- 01/30/97 Senate: Printed as engrossed 977469699-E pdf
- 01/31/97 Senate: Engrossed bill reprinted 977469699-E pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/97 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/97 977469699
- 01/08/97 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/28/97 Senate: Reported from P. & E. with amendments (11-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 01/29/97 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/97 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/97 Senate: Read second time
- 01/30/97 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/30/97 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/30/97 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 01/30/97 Senate: Printed as engrossed 977469699-E
- 01/31/97 Senate: Read third time
- 01/31/97 Senate: Pending question, not ordered (18-Y 22-N)
- 01/31/97 Senate: VOTE: PENDING QUESTION (18-Y 22-N)
- 01/31/97 Senate: Previous question, not ordered (19-Y 21-N)
- 01/31/97 Senate: VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION (19-Y 21-N)
- 01/31/97 Senate: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (24-Y 15-N)
- 01/31/97 Senate: VOTE: REREFER TO COMMITTEE (24-Y 15-N)
- 01/31/97 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 01/31/97 Senate: Engrossed bill reprinted 977469699-E
- 02/03/97 Senate: Failed to report(Defeated) in C. J. (6-Y 8-N 1-A)