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2024 SESSION
HB 926 Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty.
Introduced by: Irene Shin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty. Expands the current categories of images that are unlawful to disseminate or sell to include any videographic or still image that depicts another person whose genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast are not exposed but such videographic or still image is obscene, as defined in the bill.
The bill adds to the statute of limitations for the misdemeanor offense of unlawful creation of the image of another to provide that a prosecution shall be commenced within five years of the commission of the offense or within one year of the date the victim discovers the offense or, by the exercise of due diligence, reasonably should have discovered the offense, whichever is later. The bill creates the same statute of limitations for the offense of unlawful dissemination or sale of the image of another. Current law starts the statute of limitations for the offense of unlawful creation of the image of another upon the commission of the offense.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104917D pdf | impact statements
- 02/02/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24105454D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108611D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB926ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104917D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/30/24 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/31/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/24 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 3-N)
- 02/02/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24105454D-H1
- 02/06/24 House: Read first time
- 02/07/24 House: Read second time
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24105454D-H1
- 02/07/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB926H1
- 02/08/24 House: Read third time and passed House (68-Y 28-N)
- 02/08/24 House: VOTE: Passage (68-Y 28-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/28/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108611D-S1
- 02/28/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 2-N 4-A)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/05/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108611D-S1
- 03/05/24 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/05/24 Senate: Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to
- 03/05/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/06/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/06/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB926S1
- 03/06/24 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (22-Y 18-N)
- 03/07/24 House: Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 24108611D-S1 (69-Y 30-N)
- 03/07/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (69-Y 30-N)
- 03/25/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB926ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 697 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697)