Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF PEDOPHILIA AND IMPOSING PENALTIES THEREFOR
Date filed
July 1, 2004
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00771 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF PEDOPHILIA AND IMPOSING PENALTIES THEREFOR | |
| ABSTRACT : The Constitution mandates the State to defend the rights of children and to afford them special protection from all forms of negligence, abuse cruelty, exploitation and other conditions prejudicial to their development. Towards this end, the bill seeks to declare pedophilia a felony. It also imposes penalties for any violation of the proposed act. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ABAYON, HARLIN CAST | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Petilla (004 ) | 2. Codilla (014 ) |
| 3. Amin (015 ) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON 2004-07-28 |
Abstract
The Constitution mandates the State to defend the rights of children and to afford them special protection from all forms of negligence, abuse cruelty, exploitation and other conditions prejudicial to their development. Towards this end, the bill seeks to declare pedophilia a felony. It also imposes penalties for any violation of the proposed act.'
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