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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prostitution; reorganizes the statute penalizing into two distinct sections."
+description: "Solicitation of prostitution; reorganization. Reorganizes the statute penalizing prostitution into two distinctsections. The penalties for all offenses remain unchanged. This billis a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 2169"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2169 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Candi Mundon King"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-01-12"
+last_action: "2021-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb3a9320-545b-4bf5-9541-42b20b53fc85"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2169"
+source_hash: "427484464c7a3dee48d99f40b63a60626080606e78ec3bde80c862d23527db9d"
+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 2169 (2021) — Prostitution; reorganizes the statute penalizing into two distinct sections.
+
+Solicitation of prostitution; reorganization. Reorganizes the statute penalizing prostitution into two distinctsections. The penalties for all offenses remain unchanged. This billis a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0188** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0188)
+2. **HB2169ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2169ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101895D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2169)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Candi Mundon King — primary (person)
+- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
+- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
+- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101895D `introduction`
+- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2021-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-01-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-10** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
+- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
+- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
+- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
+- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 188 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb3a9320-545b-4bf5-9541-42b20b53fc85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+