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S 1301 108th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Fines (Penalties) Motion pictures Photography Pornography Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Video tape recording

Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2003

Introduced: June 19, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 33 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 23, 2004
Became Public Law No: 108-495.
Dec 23, 2004
Signed by President.
Dec 15, 2004
Presented to President.
Dec 10, 2004
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 7, 2004
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the amendment of the House by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11876-11877; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S11876)
Dec 7, 2004
Senate agreed to the amendment of the House by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11876-11877; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR S11876)
Nov 18, 2004
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
Nov 17, 2004
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 8, 2004
House requested return of papers pursuant to H. Res. 842.
Sep 21, 2004
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 21, 2004
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7267)
Sep 21, 2004
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7267)
Sep 21, 2004
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1301.
Sep 21, 2004
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7267-7268)
Sep 21, 2004
Mr. Sensenbrenner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 20, 2004
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 287.
May 20, 2004
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-504.
May 12, 2004
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 12, 2004
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 30, 2004
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Mar 30, 2004
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 22, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sep 30, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 30, 2003
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 30, 2003
Received in the House.
Sep 25, 2003
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12022-12023; text as passed Senate: CR S12022-12023)
Sep 25, 2003
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12022-12023; text as passed Senate: CR S12022-12023)
Jul 24, 2003
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 228.
Jul 24, 2003
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jul 24, 2003
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 19, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8245)
Jun 19, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8245)
Jun 19, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly videotaping, photographing, filming, recording by any means, or broadcasting an image of a private area of an individual, without that individual's consent, under circumstances in which that individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy. (Defines a "private area" as the naked or undergarment clad genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast of an individual.)

Makes such prohibition inapplicable to lawful law enforcement, correctional, or intelligence activity.

What's happening now December 23, 2004

Became Public Law No: 108-495.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 2405 Identical bill Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2003
  • HRES 842 Related bill Requesting return of official papers on S. 1301.
 Bill text 8 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jun 19, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1301: Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1301/
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