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CORNYN PRODS REP. BOBBY SCOTT TO STOP STALLING JENNA’S LAW, AIMED AT CHILD SEX ABUSE. The bill, modeled after a Texas law named for Jenna Quinn, is bottled up in the House after passing the Senate with unanimous consent.
December 3, 2020
Elizabeth Thompson
Dallas News
Sen. John Cornyn has ramped up pressure on a House chairman who has stalled his bill aimed at curbing child sex abuse, demanding that Education and Labor Chairman Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia let the bill get a vote before time runs out this month.
The Senate gave unanimous approval in September to the bipartisan Jenna Quinn Law, introduced by the Texas Republican and Sen. Maggie Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat.
Cornyn made the bill a centerpiece of his reelection campaign, and Quinn, a Texan who was