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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child pornography; lawful possession by employees of Department of Social Services."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1580"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1580 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Minors", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey L. Campbell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-02"
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last_action: "2017-02-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f44a364d-1648-4a08-aaa1-0bf10b1c126e"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1580"
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source_hash: "04c314f2be9a7f85a0ed4ee580202aa63586714777c349b23f4fbcf505dfeff2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1580 (2017) — Child pornography; lawful possession by employees of Department of Social Services.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0096)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0096)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1580ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1580ER)
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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)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101992D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1580E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **31–8** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **11–4** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
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- Les R. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101992D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-25** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB1580E
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- **2017-01-25** Printed as engrossed 17101992D-E
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- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
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- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
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- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 96 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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