HB 1330 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Child pornography; possession, distribution, production, publication, sale, financing, etc.

Summary
Possession, distribution, production, publication, sale, financing, etc., of child pornography; venue. Provides that venue for a prosecution of child pornography possession, distribution, or production may lie in the jurisdiction where the alleged offender resides. Under current law, venue for a prosecution of such offense may lie only in the jurisdiction where the unlawful act occurs or where any sexually explicit visual material associated with the unlawful act is produced, reproduced, found, stored, or possessed. This bill incorporates HB 478.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 8, 2020 Signed Mar 27, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2020 · House of Delegates Jan 31, 2020

How they voted

40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 24, 2020
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Mar 27, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 489 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1330H1
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106559D-H1
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102618D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Kathy J. Byron
Kathy J. Byron
RRepublican
VA
22