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
You have voted 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..
You have voted 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..
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
You have voted HB-3135: Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children..
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.
SB-346: Peace Orders - Grounds for Relief
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 550 on 05/19/2016
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.
HB-76: Department of State Police - Investigation Authority
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 610 on 05/19/2016
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.
HB-314: Peace Orders - Grounds for Relief
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 551 on 05/19/2016
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.
HB-30: Criminal Law - Display of Material Harmful to Minors - Restrictions
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/22/2016
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.
HB-1456: Public Schools - Access to Obscene Materials and Child Pornography - Prohibited
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2016
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.
HB-1375: Public Schools and Libraries - Access to Obscene Materials and Child Pornography - Prohibited
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2016
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
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,
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S.575: HERO Act of 2015 Human Exploitation Rescue Operations Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/25/2015
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
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S.474: Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act
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