---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child pornography; production, publication, sale, financing, etc., penalty."
description: "Production, publication, sale, financing, etc., of child pornography; penalty. Amends the definition of \"child pornography\" to include sexually explicit visual material that depicts a minor in a state of nudity or engaged in sexual conduct where such depiction is obscene and specifies that such minor does not have to actually exist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 731"
citation: "Virginia SB 731 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tara A. Durant"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b163c6d4-bc44-498d-ad6f-78fe476907f1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB731"
source_hash: "15b319b695953756bd8676eb662dc84f36178777a1a8fcfea75bd441a5374e9f"
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 731 (2024) — Child pornography; production, publication, sale, financing, etc., penalty.

Production, publication, sale, financing, etc., of child pornography; penalty. Amends the definition of "child pornography" to include sexually explicit visual material that depicts a minor in a state of nudity or engaged in sexual conduct where such depiction is obscene and specifies that such minor does not have to actually exist.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0262** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0262)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107035D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB731S1)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 24105360D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB731)
4. **SB731ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB731ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tara A. Durant — primary (person)
- Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 24105360D `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Impact statement from VCSC (SB731)
- **2024-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB731)
- **2024-02-05** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-05** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-05** Committee substitute printed 24107035D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Impact statement from VCSC (SB731S1)
- **2024-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB731S1)
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 24107035D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB731S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-16** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB731ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB731ER)
- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 262 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b163c6d4-bc44-498d-ad6f-78fe476907f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).