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type: "Bill"
title: "Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action."
description: "Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly circumcise, excise, or infibulate the labia major, labia minora, or clitoris of a minor. The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a minor to consent to such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a minor to knowingly remove or cause or permit the removal of such minor from the Commonwealth for the purposes of performing such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill also provides a civil cause of action for any person injured by such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill provides that any of these offenses shall be a separate and distinct offense and shall not preclude prosecution under any other statute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1060"
citation: "Virginia SB 1060 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Black"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2017-01-06"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bbb6820-ee4d-4af6-86b4-34a7f8b70f42"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1060"
source_hash: "5495ab10b497e6a1925c0fa559976682e417ffa532255636f5004285e8c8e21c"
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 1060 (2017) — Female genital mutilation; criminal penalty and civil action.
Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly circumcise, excise, or infibulate the labia major, labia minora, or clitoris of a minor. The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a minor to consent to such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a minor to knowingly remove or cause or permit the removal of such minor from the Commonwealth for the purposes of performing such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill also provides a civil cause of action for any person injured by such circumcision, excision, or infibulation. The bill provides that any of these offenses shall be a separate and distinct offense and shall not preclude prosecution under any other statute.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0667)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0667)
2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105498D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1060H1)
3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1060ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1060ER)
4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104299D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1060S1)
5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104752D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1060S2)
6. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100724D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1060)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance with substitute — **160** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **120** (pass) · legislature
- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **90** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **210** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — **1000** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- House substitute rejected by Senate — **436** (fail) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Richard H. Black — primary (person)
- John M. O'Bannon, III — cosponsor (person)
- Robert G. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Siobhan S. Dunnavant (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100724D `introduction`
- **2017-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Incorporates SB1241 (Dunnavant)
- **2017-01-31** Incorporates SB1241 (Dunnavant)
- **2017-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-02** Committee substitute rejected 17104299D-S1
- **2017-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 17104752D-S2
- **2017-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1060S2
- **2017-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Incorporates SB1241 (Dunnavant)
- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 17105498D-H1
- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1060H1
- **2017-02-22** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Title replaced 17105498D-H1
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 667 (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/5bbb6820-ee4d-4af6-86b4-34a7f8b70f42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).