Enforcement Of Sexual Exploitation Of A Child
Summary
The bill defines possession for purposes of sexual exploitation of a child. The bill updates certain actions described as sexual exploitation of a child to reflect access and viewing due to evolving technology. The bill makes sexual exploitation of a child an extraordinary risk crime, enhancing the presumptive sentencing range, if the sexually exploitative material depicts a child who is: Under 12 years of age; Subjected to the actual application of physical force or violence; or Subject to sexual intercourse, sexual intrusion, or sadomasochism. The bill creates the sexual exploitation of a child surcharge for any person who is convicted or receives a deferred sentence for sexual exploitation of a child. Ninety-five percent of the surcharge goes to the sexual exploitation of children surcharge fund. The money in the fund will fund the enhance the effective investigation and prosecution of computer-facilitated sexual exploitation of children grant program. The grant awards go to law enforcement agencies to assist with developing and acquiring necessary technological or expert resources to investigate and prosecute computer-facilitated crimes of sexual exploitation of a child is continuously appropriated to the Colorado bureau of investigation to enhance the effective investigation and prosecution of computer-facilitated sexual exploitation of children. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2020
Last action May 26, 2020
Floor votes · House Mar 2, 2020
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 34
Mar 2, 2020
D
Democratic21
90% Yea
R
Republican13
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 26, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Mar 2, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (31-0-3)
house
Feb 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Committee
House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
BG
Bob Gardner
RRepublican
P
Dylan Roberts
DDemocratic
P
RF
Rhonda Fields
DDemocratic
P
Terri Carver
RRepublican
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