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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Profane swearing in public; removes the crime from Code."
+description: "Profane swearing in public. Removes the crime of profane swearing in public, which is currently punishable as a Class 4 misdemeanor. This bill incorporates HB 132."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1071"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1071 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dawn M. Adams"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-07"
+last_action: "2020-03-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/facaa45c-2717-4f26-9c73-e990f755a13c"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1071"
+source_hash: "d2591d976ce100fecce030f23581b71036c97d9bce50b64ab366297639cd710f"
+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 HB 1071 (2020) — Profane swearing in public; removes the crime from Code.
+
+Profane swearing in public. Removes the crime of profane swearing in public, which is currently punishable as a Class 4 misdemeanor. This bill incorporates HB 132.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0160)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0160)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1071ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1071ER)
+3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1071H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1071H1)
+4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1071)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1071)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate (31-Y 7-N 1-A) — **31–7** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 5-N) — **17–5** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (76-Y 24-N) — **75–24** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dawn M. Adams — primary (person)
+- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101994D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
+- **2020-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-22** Committee substitute printed 20106255D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2020-01-22** Incorporates HB132 (Webert)
+- **2020-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1071)
+- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-28** Engrossment reconsidered by House
+- **2020-01-28** Passed by for the day
+- **2020-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute agreed to 20106255D-H1
+- **2020-01-29** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1071H1
+- **2020-01-30** Read third time and passed House (76-Y 24-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-01-30** VOTE: Passage (76-Y 24-N)
+- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-01-31** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1071H1)
+- **2020-02-17** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (31-Y 7-N 1-A) `passage`
+- **2020-02-21** Enrolled
+- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1071ER)
+- **2020-02-21** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-02-24** Signed by President
+- **2020-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
+- **2020-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
+- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 160 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/facaa45c-2717-4f26-9c73-e990f755a13c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+