Virginia Senate Bill 559 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-01-24 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Commercial sex trafficking, prostitution, etc.; penalties. Increases from a Class 4 felony to a Class 3 felony the penalties for the following crimes if a minor is not involved: (i) human trafficking; (ii) receiving money or other valuable thing for or on account of causing any person to engage in forced labor or services, concubinage, prostitution, or the manufacture of any obscene material or child pornography; (iii) receiving any money or other valuable thing from the earnings of any male or female engaged in prostitution; and (iv) commercial sex trafficking through the use of force, intimidation, or deception. The bill also increases from a Class 3 felony to a Class 2 felony the penalties for the following crimes if a minor is involved: (a) human trafficking; (b) receiving money or other valuable thing for or on account of causing any person to engage in forced labor or services, concubinage, prostitution, or the manufacture of any obscene material or child pornography; (c) receiving any money or other valuable thing from the earnings of any male or female engaged in prostitution; and (d) commercial sex trafficking.

Commercial sex trafficking, prostitution, etc.; increases penalties.

Sen. John McGuire [R]

2024-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-24	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
2024-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102955D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	355	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	356	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	357	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	357.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB559
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB559+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB559F160+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S13V0048+SB0559