---
type: "Bill"
title: "Inmate, parolee, probationer, detainee, or pretrial defendant, etc.; carnal knowledge."
description: "Carnal knowledge of an inmate, parolee, probationer, arrestee, detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender; local or state law-enforcement officer; penalty. Adds law-enforcement officers to those persons who are guilty of a Class 6 felony if they are in a position of authority over and carnally know without force, threat, or intimidation a person in the custody of a law-enforcement officer or an inmate, parolee, probationer, detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender, including those in the custody of a private, local, or state law-enforcement agency. In addition, the bill adds a person in the custody of a law-enforcement officer to the list of those persons for whom it is unlawful for a person in such authority to commit the offense of carnal knowledge and provides that a person is in the custody of a law-enforcement officer when due to physical force, words, or actions by the law-enforcement officer, such person reasonably believes he is not free to leave under the circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "HB 5045"
citation: "Virginia HB 5045 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-08-17"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaea8986-e2bb-48e5-8155-a979afe18a53"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5045"
source_hash: "65fecf0026b9724ae5ac33ff8828c473f9b00420b9e2a503e35d143583b447d5"
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 5045 (2020specialI) — Inmate, parolee, probationer, detainee, or pretrial defendant, etc.; carnal knowledge.

Carnal knowledge of an inmate, parolee, probationer, arrestee, detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender; local or state law-enforcement officer; penalty. Adds law-enforcement officers to those persons who are guilty of a Class 6 felony if they are in a position of authority over and carnally know without force, threat, or intimidation a person in the custody of a law-enforcement officer or an inmate, parolee, probationer, detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender, including those in the custody of a private, local, or state law-enforcement agency. In addition, the bill adds a person in the custody of a law-enforcement officer to the list of those persons for whom it is unlawful for a person in such authority to commit the offense of carnal knowledge and provides that a person is in the custody of a law-enforcement officer when due to physical force, words, or actions by the law-enforcement officer, such person reasonably believes he is not free to leave under the circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0026)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5045ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5045ER)
3. **Impact statement from VCSC (HB5045)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5045)
4. **Impact statement from VCSC (HB5045H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5045H1)
5. **Impact statement from VCSC (HB5045S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5045S1)

## Votes

- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 2-N) — **93–2** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200286D `introduction`
- **2020-08-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5045)
- **2020-08-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB5045)
- **2020-08-26** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-26** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-26** Committee substitute printed 20201022D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-27** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5045H1)
- **2020-08-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB5045H1)
- **2020-08-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20201022D-H1
- **2020-09-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5045H1
- **2020-09-04** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-04** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-09-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-16** Committee substitute printed 20201181D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5045S1)
- **2020-09-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB5045S1)
- **2020-09-24** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-10-01** Committee substitute agreed to
- **2020-10-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5045S1
- **2020-10-01** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-01** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-01** Passed by for the day
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5045S1
- **2020-10-02** Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-10-07** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201181D-S1 (94-Y 2-N)
- **2020-10-07** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 2-N)
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled
- **2020-10-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-14** Signed by President
- **2020-10-16** Impact statement from VCSC (HB5045ER)
- **2020-10-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB5045ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 26 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaea8986-e2bb-48e5-8155-a979afe18a53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).