Criminal Law - Victims of Human Trafficking - Affirmative Defense
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2020
Last action Mar 15, 2020
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 27, 2020
How they voted
110–22
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 135
Feb 27, 2020
D
Democratic93
96% Yea
R
Republican42
52% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Feb 28, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred Judicial Proceedings
Feb 27, 2020
House of Delegates · Passed
Third Reading Passed
Feb 25, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Favorable with Amendments {
Feb 24, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
Jan 24, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
First Reading Judiciary
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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