Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; offenses requiring registration.
Summary
Offenses requiring registration under the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another. Adds a third or subsequent conviction of unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another to the list of offenses requiring registration under the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry if the offense was committed on or after July 1, 2020. The bill contains technical amendments.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Dec 30, 2019
Signed Mar 23, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 11, 2020
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Feb 28, 2020
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Mar 23, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 389 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 26, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (85-Y 12-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB253H1
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20108030D-H1
lower
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Dec 30, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103884D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Vivian Watts
DDemocratic
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