Virginia Senate Bill 1056 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 23 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0428)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Child pornography; obscenity; penalties. Adds a mens rea of "knowingly" for the offenses of (i) reproducing child pornography and (ii) soliciting child pornography to gain entry to a group and removes the requirement of lascivious intent for these offenses. The bill also amends a penalty section that applies to the obscenity article to correctly reflect the existing penalties. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.

Child pornography and obscenity offenses; penalties.

Sen. Janet Howell [D]

2015-02-26 - Senate - Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-25 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-23 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional readings dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0428)
2015-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 428 (effective 7/1/15)
2015-03-10		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
2015-03-10	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/10/15
2015-03-07	Senate	Signed by President
2015-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2015-03-06	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1056ER)
2015-03-06	Senate	Enrolled
2015-02-26	Senate	House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2015-02-25	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2015-02-25	House	Passed House with amendment (97-Y 0-N)
2015-02-25	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2015-02-25	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2015-02-25	House	Read third time
2015-02-24	House	Read second time
2015-02-23	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
2015-02-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N)
2015-02-20	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2015-02-19	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-02-19	House	Reported from Appropriations with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
2015-02-19	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-02-19	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) by voice vote
2015-02-09	House	Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
2015-02-09	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2015-02-09	House	Read first time
2015-02-09	House	Placed on Calendar
2015-02-05	Senate	Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2015-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2015-02-05	Senate	Printed as engrossed 15102643D-E
2015-02-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1056E
2015-02-05	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2015-02-05	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2015-02-05	Senate	Read second time
2015-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2015-02-03	Senate	Reported from Finance with amendment (13-Y 0-N)
2015-01-19	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2015-01-19	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)
2015-01-13	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-01-13	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102643D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	374.1:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	381	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+SB1056
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB1056+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB1056E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB1056ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0428+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S03V0047+SB1056
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S05V0104+SB1056
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0271SB1056+SB1056
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0270SB1056+SB1056
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0243SB1056+SB1056
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H02V0149+SB1056
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H0801V0142+SB1056
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H08V0352+SB1056
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+HV2781+SB1056
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0941SB1056+SB1056