Sexually Related Offenses
Summary
Sexually Related Offenses; Increasing the monetary damages that an aggrieved person may receive as a result of violations relating to sexual cyberharassment; revising the prohibition on sexual activities with animals; prohibiting the willful and malicious promotion of certain sexual depictions without consent; prohibiting a person from committing theft of sexually explicit images with the intent to promote such images, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Jun 2022
Introduced Jan 18, 2022
Signed Jun 24, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2022 · House Mar 8, 2022
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
Mar 3, 2022
D
Democratic14
92% Yea
R
Republican23
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
10
Committee
8
Jun 24, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0
lower
Mar 4, 2022
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Mar 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (266094)
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/28/22, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/08/22, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 20, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/25/22, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 18, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lauren Book
DDemocratic
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