VA HB478 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-27 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-27 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Production, publication, sale, financing, etc., of child pornography; venue. Provides that venue for a prosecution of child pornography production may lie in the jurisdiction where the alleged offender resides. Under current law, venue for a prosecution of such offense may lie only in the jurisdiction where the unlawful act occurs or where any sexually explicit visual material associated with the unlawful act is produced, reproduced, found, stored, or possessed.
Title
Child pornography; venue for prosecution.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-27 | House | Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| 2020-01-22 | House | Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1330-Byron) by voice vote |
| 2020-01-17 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal |
| 2020-01-17 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2020-01-17 | House | Referred from Public Safety by voice vote |
| 2020-01-03 | House | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| 2020-01-03 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101934D |
Same As/Similar To
HB1330 (Similar To) 2020-03-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489)
Code Citations
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB478 |
| Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB478+hil |
