Pornography

State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to certain sexual offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. [SB-2191]
Relating to certain sexual offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Hughes Read First Time on 03/29/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Child Pornography - Discovery Exception [HB-737]
Prohibiting the reproduction of specified obscene material in a prosecution for specified child pornography charges; requiring the State to make specified material available for a specified defendant to review; requiring the State to produce redacted copies of specified material under specified circumstances; requiring the State to produce metadata of specified material under specified circumstances; clarifying that a specified defendant is not entitled during discovery to specified material; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brett Wilson Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/15/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Criminal Law and Procedure - Sex Offenders and Possession of Child Pornography - Penalties and Registration Requirements [HB-277]
Altering the criminal penalty for possession of child pornography; requiring specified sex offender registrants to receive and pay for specified psychological counseling services; establishing a term during which a specified sex offender registrant is required to participate in specified psychological counseling services; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to adopt specified regulations; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 02/20/2017

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2017 Regular Session

Criminal Law and Procedure - Sex Offenders and Possession of Child Pornography - Penalties and Registration Requirements [SB-223]
Altering the criminal penalty for possession of child pornography; requiring specified sex offender registrants to receive and pay for specified psychological counseling services; establishing a term during which a specified sex offender registrant is required to participate in specified psychological counseling services; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to adopt specified regulations; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 02/06/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the creation of the offense of possession or promotion of obscene visual material depicting a child. [SB-1464]
Relating to the creation of the offense of possession or promotion of obscene visual material depicting a child.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Buckingham Read First Time on 03/20/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to certain sexual offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. [HB-2974]
Relating to certain sexual offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cindy Burkett Returned To Local & Consent Calendars Comm. on 05/12/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of possession or promotion of child pornography. [SB-1322]
Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of possession or promotion of child pornography.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst Committee Report Sent To Calendars on 05/19/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017 [S.534]
Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to extend the duty to report suspected child abuse, including sexual abuse, to certain adults who are authorized to interact with minor or amateur athletes at a facility under the jurisdiction of a national governing body. A national governing body is an amateur sports organization that is recognized by the International Olympic Committee. An individual who is required, but fails, to report suspected child sex (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Became Public Law No: 115-126. (txt | Pdf) on 02/14/2018

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 [HB-1301]
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to: (1) compensate employees furloughed as a result of any lapse in appropriations which began on or about February 9, 2018; and (2) ratify and approve certain obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations and authority provided by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018. (Sec. 102) The bill also specifies that the time covered by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 includes the period that began on or about February (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen Became Public Law No: 115-124. on 02/09/2018

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Child pornography; accused person possesses and produces pornography, penalties. [SB-1560]
Possession of child pornography where the accused has Possession of child pornography where the accused has produced the child pornography; penalties. Provides that any person who knowingly possesses child pornography that he has produced shall be punished by not less than five years nor more than 20 years in a state correctional facility, two years of which shall be a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment. The bill also provides that any person who knowingly (i) reproduces by any means, sells, gives away, distributes, electronically transmits, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment Committee Substitute Printed To Lis Only 17105055d-s1 on 02/01/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to requiring certain retailers to ensure that certain products sold or leased by the retailers contain a digital blocking capability that renders obscene material inaccessible; creating a criminal offense. [HB-2266]
Relating to requiring certain retailers to ensure that certain products sold or leased by the retailers contain a digital blocking capability that renders obscene material inaccessible; creating a criminal offense.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alma Allen Read First Time on 03/15/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2017 [HB-1188]
Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to: reauthorize through FY2022 the Sex Offender Management Assistance program; reauthorize through FY2022 the activities of the U.S. Marshals Service to locate and apprehend sex offenders who violate sex offender registration requirements; reduce from 25 years to 15 years the required registration period for certain juvenile delinquent sex offenders who maintain a clean record; allow a state, Indian tribe, or territory to exempt from disclosure (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/23/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Child pornography; discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints for possession. [SB-1278]
Discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints; possession of child pornography. Raises the midpoint of the recommended sentencing range for possession of child pornography by (i) 100 percent in cases in which the defendant has no previous conviction of a violent felony offense; (ii) 200 percent in cases in which the defendant has previously been convicted of a violent felony offense punishable by a maximum punishment of less than 40 years; and (iii) 400 percent in cases in which the defendant has previously been convicted of a violent felony offense (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (15-y 1-n) on 02/01/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the creation of the offense of possession or promotion of lewd visual material depicting a child. [HB-1810]
Relating to the creation of the offense of possession or promotion of lewd visual material depicting a child.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Buckingham Effective On 9/1/17 on 06/01/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act [HB-680]
Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidelines that prohibit accessing a pornographic or other explicit website from a federal computer, except for investigative purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Walter Jones Reported By The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-81. on 04/06/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017 [HB-695]
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017 This bill provides continuing FY2019 appropriations to several federal agencies through February 8, 2019. It also provides additional appropriations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, extends Medicaid provisions, and provides supplemental appropriations for disaster relief. DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (Sec. 101) This division amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 to provide continuing FY2019 appropriations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly Considered By Senate (message From The House Considered). on 01/02/2019

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Child pornography; discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints for possession. [HB-2039]
Discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints; possession of child pornography. Raises the midpoint of the recommended sentencing range for possession of child pornography by (i) 100 percent in cases in which the defendant has no previous conviction of a violent felony offense; (ii) 200 percent in cases in which the defendant has previously been convicted of a violent felony offense punishable by a maximum punishment of less than 40 years; and (iii) 400 percent in cases in which the defendant has previously been convicted of a violent felony offense (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jackson Miller Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Recognizing that pornography is a public health hazard. [HR-112]
Recognizing that pornography is a public health hazard.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Leach Referred To Public Health on 02/23/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

HIRE Vets Act Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Act of 2017 [HB-244]
HIRE Vets Act Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) Provides that references to "this Act" included in any division of this bill refer only to the provisions of the division unless the bill expressly provides otherwise. (Sec. 4) Provides that the explanatory statement printed in the Congressional Record regarding this bill has the same effect as a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. (Sec. 5) Provides that the sums in this bill are appropriated for FY2017. (Sec. 6) Provides (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Became Public Law No: 115-31. (txt | Pdf) on 05/05/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Child pornography; lawful possession by employees of Department of Social Services. [HB-1580]
Possession of child pornography by employees of the Department of Social Services. Provides that an employee of the Department of Social Services or a local department of social services may, in the course of conducting his professional duties, lawfully possess child pornography for a bona fide purpose.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey Campbell Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0096) on 02/20/2017

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