Virginia Prevention of Sex Trafficking Fund; created, fees for offenses related to sex trafficking.
Summary
Establishes the Virginia Prevention of Sex Trafficking Fund to be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for the purpose of promoting awareness of and preventive training and education relating to sex trafficking. The bill requires persons convicted of misdemeanor violations of prostitution, aiding prostitution, and using vehicles to promote prostitution to pay a $100 fee and persons convicted of certain felony violations of abduction with the intent to extort money or for immoral purpose, placing or leaving wife for prostitution, or felony violations of the laws pertaining to commercial sex trafficking or prostitution offenses, with the exception of violations of crimes against nature, to pay a $500 fee. Such fees are to be paid into the Virginia Prevention of Sex Trafficking Fund. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 11, 2019
Signed Mar 21, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2019
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 13, 2019
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
3
Mar 21, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 728 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 13, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
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 15, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 11, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 11, 2019
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 19104379D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David E. Yancey
RRepublican
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