Child Pornography Registry; contents of Registry, criminal investigations, report.
Summary
Requires copies of all known or suspected child pornography found during the course of a criminal investigation of child pornography offenses to be included in the Child Pornography Registry (the Registry). Current law provides that only such images that are presented as evidence and used in a conviction for child pornography offenses are required to be included in the Registry. The bill also provides that Registry information may be used for victim identification. The bill requires the Department of State Police, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, to submit a report detailing the implementation plan for changes to the Registry pursuant to the bill to the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance by January 1, 2020. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Feb 2019
Introduced Jan 6, 2019
Signed Feb 13, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 5, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Feb 13, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 3 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 5, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 6, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102421D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Robert B. Bell
RRepublican
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