Crimes & Offenses, raises max. age for offenses involving obscene materials with depictions of children, authorizes punitive damages for victims of those offenses, and directs Board of Ed. to require policies related to those offenses
Summary
Crimes & Offenses
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Apr 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Feb 14, 2024
Signed Apr 24, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Apr 11, 2024 · House Feb 22, 2024
How they voted
29–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 35
Apr 11, 2024
D
Democratic8
75% Yea
R
Republican27
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Apr 11, 2024
Upper · Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 497
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee Second House
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Upper · Passed
Pending Committee Action in Second House (Judiciary)
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 110
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 109
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Introduced
JUDY Substitute Offered (Judiciary)
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee Substitute Adopted (Judiciary)
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Matt Woods
RRepublican
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