Minors; prostitution and human trafficking related crimes, increases penalty.
Summary
Increases from a Class 3 felony to a Class 2 felony and imposes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 25 years for the following crimes if minors under 15 years of age are involved: (i) pandering; (ii) receiving money for procuring a person for the purpose of prostitution, forced labor, or child pornography; (iii) receiving money from the earnings of a person engaged in prostitution; and (iv) commercial sex trafficking.
Bill status
failed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2019
Last action Feb 24, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 19, 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
24
Key actions
6
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Feb 21, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (92-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2470H1
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105990D-H1
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102660D
lower
1 primary · 24 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Todd Gilbert
RRepublican
Co
Bobby Orrock
RRepublican
Co
Buddy Fowler
RRepublican
Co
Charles D. Poindexter
RRepublican
Co
Dave LaRock
RRepublican
Co
David E. Yancey
RRepublican
Co
Ellen Campbell
RRepublican
Co
Emily Jordan
RRepublican
Co
Gordon C. Helsel, Jr.
RRepublican
Co
Israel O'Quinn
RRepublican
Co
James Edmunds
RRepublican
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