---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child pornography; lawful possession by employees of Department of Social Services."
description: "Provides that an employee of the Department of Social Services or a local department of social services may, in the course of conducting his professional duties, lawfully possess child pornography for a bona fide purpose."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1580"
citation: "Virginia HB 1580 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Minors", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey L. Campbell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-02"
last_action: "2017-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f44a364d-1648-4a08-aaa1-0bf10b1c126e"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1580"
source_hash: "04c314f2be9a7f85a0ed4ee580202aa63586714777c349b23f4fbcf505dfeff2"
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 1580 (2017) — Child pornography; lawful possession by employees of Department of Social Services.

Provides that an employee of the Department of Social Services or a local department of social services may, in the course of conducting his professional duties, lawfully possess child pornography for a bona fide purpose.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0096)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0096)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1580ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1580ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101992D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1580)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101992D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1580E)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **31–8** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **11–4** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
- Les R. Adams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101992D `introduction`
- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-25** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB1580E
- **2017-01-25** Printed as engrossed 17101992D-E
- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 96 (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/f44a364d-1648-4a08-aaa1-0bf10b1c126e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).