Became law as Public Act 23-123, signed June 26, 2023, 124 days after it was filed.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 6737
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CRIME OF HARMFUL COMMUNICATION WITH A MINOR.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To establish the crime of harmful communication with a minor.
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
Sponsor
25 co-sponsors
Craig C. Fishbein, Mary Welander, Patrick E. Callahan, Holly H. Cheeseman, Devin R. Carney, Tracy Marra, David Rutigliano, William Pizzuto, Juan R. Candelaria, Jason Perillo, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Tony J. Scott, Martin Foncello, Donna Veach, Bobby G. Gibson Jr., Liz Linehan, John E. Piscopo, Hubert D. Delany, Seth Bronko, Tom Delnicki, Christie M. Carpino, David K. Labriola, Tami Zawistowski, Tammy Nuccio, Steve Weir
In the Senate
7 co-sponsors
Tony Hwang, John A. Kissel, Rob Sampson, Jeff Gordon, Eric C. Berthel, Ryan Fazio, Lisa Seminara
Its course
February 22 to June 26, 2023, 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 action21 actions on 12 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 22 to May 3097 days
Judiciary CommitteeFeb 22 to Mar 2733 days
In the SenateMay 30 to Jun 67 days
Waiting to be sentJun 6 to Jun 2216 days
With the GovernorJun 22 to Jun 264 days
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted May 30 · Adopted Jun 6
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 House of Representatives Feb 22 – May 30
- Feb 22Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
- Mar 3Heard in Judiciary Committee
- Mar 27Judiciary Committee recommended it
- May 30The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
- Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A
In the Senate Jun 1 – Jun 6
- Jun 1Arrived in the Senate
- Jun 6The Senate adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
- Passed the Senate with House of Representatives Amendment A
To the Governor Jun 15 – Jun 26
- Jun 15Numbered Public Act 23-123
- Jun 22Sent to the Secretary of the State
- Sent to the Governor
- Jun 26Signed by the Governor
All 21 actions, as published
- Feb 22REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 3PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 27Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Mar 28FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Apr 6REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 13RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 13FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Apr 13HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
- Apr 13FILE NO.Both houses
- May 30HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
- May 30HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
- Jun 1FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
- Jun 1SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
- Jun 1FILE NO.Both houses
- Jun 6SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
- Jun 6SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
- Jun 6ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCESenate
- Jun 15PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
- Jun 22TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
- Jun 22TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNORGovernor
- Jun 26SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor