Virginia House Bill 1074 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-20 - House: Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Prostitution; affirmative defense, solicitation of a minor. Provides that any person who is charged with the crime of prostitution shall have available the affirmative defense that he was induced by another through the use of force, threat, intimidation, coercion, or deception to engage in prostitution. The bill also provides that, in addition to the current Class 1 misdemeanor punishment for solicitation of prostitution generally, any person who solicits prostitution from a minor (i) 16 years of age or older and less than 18 years of age is guilty of a Class 6 felony or (ii) less than 16 years of age is guilty of a Class 5 felony.

Prostitution; Class 1 misdemeanor for solicitation from a minor.

Del. Barbara Comstock [R]

Del. Timothy Hugo [R]

Del. Thomas Rust [R]

2012-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-20		House: Left in Appropriations
2012-02-10		House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2012-02-06		House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
2012-02-03		House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2012-02-03		House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (18-Y 0-N)
2012-01-25		House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2012-01-25		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
2012-01-20		House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
2012-01-11		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100315D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	346	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB1074
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB1074+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H0801V0064+HB1074
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H08V0108+HB1074