Criminal Law - Victims of Human Trafficking - Affirmative Defense
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2020
Last action Mar 15, 2020
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 27, 2020
How they voted
82–15
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 100
Feb 27, 2020
D
Democratic66
95% Yea
R
Republican34
55% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Feb 28, 2020
Committee
Referred Judicial Proceedings
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Feb 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Committee
First Reading Judiciary
lower
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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