Pornography

State (Texas)
Texas 86th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the offenses of producing, directing, or promoting a sexual performance by a child and possessing child pornography. [HB-3588]
Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the offenses of producing, directing, or promoting a sexual performance by a child and possessing child pornography.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Todd Hunter Placed On General State Calendar on 05/09/2019

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State (Texas)
Texas 86th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the establishment of a human trafficking and child pornography unit within the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. [HB-3154]
Relating to the establishment of a human trafficking and child pornography unit within the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Parker Read First Time on 03/13/2019

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State (Texas)
Texas 86th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children. [HB-3135]
Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Lang Committee Report Distributed on 05/07/2019

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State (Utah)
Utah 2019 General Session

Child Protection Registry Amendments [SB-230]
Child Protection Registry Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Todd Weiler Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/26/2019

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State (Utah)
Utah 2019 General Session

Internet Service Provider Filtering Compilation [SB-205]
Internet Service Provider Filtering Compilation

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Todd Weiler Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/22/2019

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State (Utah)
Utah 2019 General Session

Child Welfare Amendments [SB-128]
Child Welfare Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Wayne Harper Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/26/2019

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State (Utah)
Utah 2019 General Session

Human Trafficking Amendments [HB-20]
Human Trafficking Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jacob Anderegg Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/21/2019

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Federal
US Congress 116th Congress

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a study on perpetrators of mass killings, and for other purposes. [HB-8837]
Directs the Department of Homeland Security to study and report on perpetrators of mass killings.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King Introduced In House on 12/02/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Peace Orders - Grounds for Relief [SB-346]
Adding misuse of telephone facilities and equipment, misuse of electronic communication or interactive computer service, revenge porn, and visual surveillance to the list of offenses alleged to have been committed by a respondent against a victim for which a peace order request or a peace order petition may be filed under specified circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee Approved By The Governor - Chapter 550 on 05/19/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Department of State Police - Investigation Authority [HB-76]
Expanding the authority of members of the Department of State Police to investigate and enforce specified violations within a municipal corporation, including Baltimore City, under specified circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 610 on 05/19/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Peace Orders - Grounds for Relief [HB-314]
Adding misuse of telephone facilities and equipment, misuse of electronic communication or interactive computer service, revenge porn, and visual surveillance to the list of offenses alleged to have been committed by a respondent against a victim for which a peace order request or a peace order petition may be filed under specified circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith Approved By The Governor - Chapter 551 on 05/19/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Display of Material Harmful to Minors - Restrictions [HB-30]
Prohibiting a person from offering for sale in a retail establishment open to the general public a book, magazine, or any other printed material, the cover or content of which is harmful to minors, if the material is on open display to, or within the convenient reach of, minors who may frequent the retail establishment, with a specified exception; providing a civil penalty of $100 for the first violation, and $300 for subsequent violations of the Act; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/22/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Public Schools - Access to Obscene Materials and Child Pornography - Prohibited [HB-1456]
Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to make notifications and authorize the Comptroller to withhold funds from a county board of education under specified circumstances; prohibiting county boards of education and public schools from allowing access to specified materials on specified devices; requiring county boards and public schools to adopt specified policies and procedures; requiring the State Superintendent or a designee to monitor county boards and public schools for compliance with the policies and procedures; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Public Schools and Libraries - Access to Obscene Materials and Child Pornography - Prohibited [HB-1375]
Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to make specified notifications under specified circumstances; prohibiting county boards, public schools, and specified libraries from allowing access to specified materials; requiring county boards, public schools, and specified libraries to adopt, implement, and submit specified policies and procedures; requiring the State Superintendent or a designee to regularly monitor county boards, public schools, and specified libraries for compliance with specified policies and procedures; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2016

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State (Utah)
Utah 2016 General Session

Sexual Exploitation of a Minor Amendments [HB-260]
Sexual Exploitation of a Minor Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Todd Weiler Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/21/2016

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State (Utah)
Utah 2016 General Session

Reporting of Child Pornography [HB-155]
Reporting of Child Pornography

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Todd Weiler Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/28/2016

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State (Alabama)
Alabama Second Special Session 2015

Sexually oriented material, defined, excise tax levied, collection by Revenue Department, deposit in General Fund [HB-17]
Sexually oriented material, defined, excise tax levied, collection by Revenue Department, deposit in General Fund

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jack Williams Third Reading Carried Over on 09/15/2015

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State (Alabama)
Alabama First Special Session 2015

Sexually oriented material, defined, excise tax levied, collection by Revenue Department, deposit in General Fund [HB-39]
Sexually oriented material, defined, excise tax levied, collection by Revenue Department, deposit in General Fund

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jack Williams Read For The First Time And Referred To The House Of Representatives Committee On Ways And Means General Fund on 08/03/2015

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Federal
US Congress 114th Congress

HERO Act of 2015 Human Exploitation Rescue Operations Act of 2015 [S.575]
HERO Act of 2015 Human Exploitation Rescue Operations Act of 2015 This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to operate, within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a Cyber Crimes Center to provide investigative assistance, training, and equipment to support domestic and international investigations by ICE of cyber-related crimes. Within the Cyber Crimes Center, DHS shall operate a Child Exploitation Investigations Unit, which shall: coordinate all ICE child exploitation initiatives, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/25/2015

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Federal
US Congress 114th Congress

Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act [S.474]
Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act Requires states that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to: require criminal background checks for each school employee that include searches of the criminal registry or repository of the state in which the employee resides, the child abuse and neglect registries and databases of that state, the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Sex Offender Registry; prohibit the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1345-1347) on 02/12/2015

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