AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - COMPUTER CRIME (Criminalizes accessing the user account of another person without consent for the purpose of viewing or using information maintained on any electronic database, website or account with each instance constituting a separate offense.)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Apr 11, 2019
Last action Apr 23, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Apr 23, 2019
Legislature · Passed
04/23/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced
04/11/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Doc Corvese
DDemocratic
P
JR
J. Russell Jackson
DDemocratic
P
Joseph McNamara
DDemocratic
P
Mia Ackerman
DDemocratic
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