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2017 Regular Session

House Bill 1365

Sextortion; revise criminal statutes to include offenses relating to.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-82, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE CRIME OF SEXTORTION BY PROHIBITING THE OBTAINING OF SEXUAL ACTS AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES BY MEANS OF EXTORTION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 97-45-1, 97-45-9 AND 97-45-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERM "COERCION" AS USED UNDER THE COMPUTER CRIME STATUTES AND TO CREATE SPECIFIC OFFENSES RELATING TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CYBERSTALKING INVOLVING SEXUAL ACTS AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 97-3-65, 97-3-95, 97-3-97 AND 97-3-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERM "COERCION" AS USED IN RELATION TO STATUTORY RAPE AND SEXUAL BATTERY AND TO SPECIFICALLY PROHIBIT CERTAIN ACTS THROUGH THE USE OF COERCION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 97-29-61 AND 97-29-63, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT SPECIFIC ACTS OF VOYEURISM AND FILMING OTHERS HAVING AN EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY BY INDUCING A VICTIM THROUGH COERCION; TO AMEND SECTION 45-33-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE PERSONS CONVICTED PURSUANT TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT TO REGISTER UNDER THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION LAWS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 16 to January 31, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

Judiciary BJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 16 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives