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1999 SESSION

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HB 2236 Encryption used in criminal activity; penalty.

Introduced by: Joe T. May | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Encryption used in criminal activity. Provides that any person who willfully uses encryption to further any criminal activity shall be guilty of an offense which is separate and distinct from the predicate criminal activity and punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Encryption is defined as the enciphering of intelligible data into unintelligible form or the deciphering of unintelligible data into intelligible form.

FULL TEXT

• 01/21/99  House: Presented & ordered printed 992050818  pdf
• 02/03/99  House: Printed as engrossed 992050818-E  pdf
• 03/03/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2236ER)  pdf
• 04/01/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0455)  pdf

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HISTORY

• 01/21/99  House: Presented & ordered printed 992050818
• 01/21/99  House: Referred to Committee on Science and Technology
• 01/29/99  House: Reported from S. T. w/amd. (18-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/99  House: Read first time
• 02/03/99  House: Read second time
• 02/03/99  House: Committee amendment rejected
• 02/03/99  House: Amendment by Mr. Nixon agreed to
• 02/03/99  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/03/99  House: Printed as engrossed 992050818-E
• 02/04/99  House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/99  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/99  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/05/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/05/99  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/17/99  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amd. (10-Y 3-N)
• 02/18/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/99  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: Read third time
• 02/19/99  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/19/99  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/19/99  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/19/99  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (35-Y 3-N)
• 02/19/99  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (35-Y 3-N)
• 02/22/99  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/23/99  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (89-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/99  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (89-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2236ER)
• 03/08/99  House: Enrolled
• 03/08/99  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/09/99  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/99  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 455 (effective 7/1/99)
• 04/01/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0455)