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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action."
+description: "Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly circumcise, excise, or infibulate the labia major, labia minora, or clitoris of a minor. The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a minor to consent to such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a minor to knowingly remove or cause or permit the removal of such minor from the Commonwealth for the purposes of performing such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill also provides a civil cause of action for any person injured by such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill provides that any of these offenses shall be a separate and distinct offense and shall not preclude prosecution under any other statute."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 1060"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1060 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Minors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Black"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 11
+first_action: "2017-01-06"
+last_action: "2017-03-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bbb6820-ee4d-4af6-86b4-34a7f8b70f42"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1060"
+source_hash: "5495ab10b497e6a1925c0fa559976682e417ffa532255636f5004285e8c8e21c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 1060 (2017) — Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action.
+
+Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly circumcise, excise, or infibulate the labia major, labia minora, or clitoris of a minor. The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a minor to consent to such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a minor to knowingly remove or cause or permit the removal of such minor from the Commonwealth for the purposes of performing such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill also provides a civil cause of action for any person injured by such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill provides that any of these offenses shall be a separate and distinct offense and shall not preclude prosecution under any other statute.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0667)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0667)
+2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105498D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1060H1)
+3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1060ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1060ER)
+4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104299D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1060S1)
+5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104752D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1060S2)
+6. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100724D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1060)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance with substitute — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
+- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- House substitute rejected by Senate — **4–36** (fail) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard H. Black — primary (person)
+- John M. O'Bannon, III — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert G. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
+- Siobhan S. Dunnavant (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100724D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-16** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-17** Incorporates SB1241 (Dunnavant)
+- **2017-01-31** Incorporates SB1241 (Dunnavant)
+- **2017-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-02** Committee substitute rejected 17104299D-S1
+- **2017-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 17104752D-S2
+- **2017-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1060S2
+- **2017-02-06** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-14** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Incorporates SB1241 (Dunnavant)
+- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 17105498D-H1
+- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1060H1
+- **2017-02-22** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2017-02-23** Title replaced 17105498D-H1
+- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
+- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 667 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bbb6820-ee4d-4af6-86b4-34a7f8b70f42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+