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2013 Regular Session

Senate Bill 328

AN ACT CONCERNING MINORS AND VIOLENT POINT-AND-SHOOT VIDEO GAMES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on March 8, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To prevent minors from using violent point-and-shoot video games in public arcades and to create a task force to study the effects of violent video games on youth behavior.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Toni Nathaniel Harp

In the House of Representatives

    2 co-sponsors

    Mary G. Fritz, Auden Grogins

    Its course

    January 23 to March 8, 2013, 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 action13 actions on 11 days

    In the SenateJan 23 to Mar 8 · stopped44 days

    General Law CommitteeJan 23 to Feb 1 · moved on9 days

    Committee on ChildrenFeb 1 to Feb 2827 days

    Judiciary CommitteeFeb 28 to Mar 8 · stopped8 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly 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 General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Jan 23 – Feb 28

    1. Jan 23Introduced and sent to General Law Committee
    2. Feb 1Sent to Committee on Children
    3. Feb 19Drafted as a bill by Committee on Children
    4. Feb 20Sent to Committee on Children
    5. Jan 31Sent to Committee on Children
    6. Feb 22Heard in Committee on Children
    7. Feb 28Committee on Children recommended it and sent it to Judiciary Committee
    All 13 actions, as published
    1. Jan 23REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 1CHG. REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    3. Feb 1CHG. REF., HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
    4. Feb 5Vote to DraftBoth houses
    5. Feb 19DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    6. Feb 20REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    7. Jan 31Change of ReferenceBoth houses
    8. Feb 22PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    9. Mar 1FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    10. Feb 28Joint Favorable Change of ReferenceBoth houses
    11. Mar 7RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    12. Mar 8FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    13. Mar 8FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives