Prostitution; promoting travel, penalty.
Summary
Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any travel agent to knowingly promote travel services for the purposes of prostitution or certain offenses involving minors that require registration on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 1, 2019
Signed Mar 18, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 12, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
12
Committee
10
Mar 18, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 458 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 22, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 21, 2019
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2019
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 19, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1817S1
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106784D-S1
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 12, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1817H1
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106268D-H1
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 1, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 1, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100096D
lower
1 primary · 22 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Karrie Delaney
DDemocratic
Co
Buddy Fowler
RRepublican
Co
Cheryl B. Turpin
DDemocratic
Co
Danica Roem
DDemocratic
Co
Dave LaRock
RRepublican
Co
David Reid
DDemocratic
Co
Dawn Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Debra H. Rodman
DDemocratic
Co
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
Co
Ellen Campbell
RRepublican
Co
Emily Jordan
RRepublican
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