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2012 SESSION

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HB 963 Child pornography; possession, distribution, solicitation, etc., penalty.

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

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Solicitation of child pornography.  Provides that any person who commands, entreats, or otherwise attempts to persuade another person to send, submit, transfer, or provide to him any child pornography in order to gain entry into a group, association, or assembly of persons engaged in trading or sharing child pornography shall be punished by not less than five years nor more than 20 years in a state correctional facility, with a five-year mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for a second or subsequent violation.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/12  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103466D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/03/12  House: Committee substitute printed 12105031D-H1  pdf | impact statements
• 03/07/12  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB963ER)  pdf | impact statements
• 03/23/12  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/11/12  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103466D
• 01/11/12  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/01/12  House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
• 02/01/12  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/12  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/03/12  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/12  House: Committee substitute printed 12105031D-H1
• 02/03/12  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/06/12  House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
• 02/10/12  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/12  House: Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 1-N)
• 02/12/12  House: Read first time
• 02/13/12  House: Read second time
• 02/13/12  House: Committee substitute agreed to 12105031D-H1
• 02/13/12  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB963H1
• 02/14/12  House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/12  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/12  House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 02/14/12  House: Passed House (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/12  House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/12  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/15/12  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/27/12  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/12  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/28/12  Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/29/12  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/12  Senate: Read third time
• 03/01/12  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/12  Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/12  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/12  House: Enrolled
• 03/07/12  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB963ER)
• 03/07/12  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/08/12  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/23/12  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 369 (effective 7/1/12)
• 03/23/12  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369)