republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1210.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unlawful creation of image of another; civil action."
description: "Creates a civil cause of action against an individual who knowingly and intentionally (i) creates any videographic or still image of any nonconsenting person who is nude, clad in undergarments, or in a state of undress or (ii) captures an image of a person's intimate parts or undergarments when those captured parts or undergarments would not otherwise be visible to the general public. The bill also creates a civil cause of action against an individual who maliciously disseminates or sells any videographic or still image that depicts another person who is nude or in a state of undress where such person knows that he is not licensed or authorized to disseminate or sell such videographic or still image. The bill provides that compensatory damages, punitive damages, and reasonable attorney fees and costs may be awarded."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1210"
citation: "Virginia SB 1210 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer T. Wexton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4765bdb5-97f3-4243-8851-a845966b5a1d"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1210"
source_hash: "a465f1a2cb0de534178e460f1fd9800f08b0b51da2f06704995d74aae19e47bb"
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 1210 (2017) — Unlawful creation of image of another; civil action.

Creates a civil cause of action against an individual who knowingly and intentionally (i) creates any videographic or still image of any nonconsenting person who is nude, clad in undergarments, or in a state of undress or (ii) captures an image of a person's intimate parts or undergarments when those captured parts or undergarments would not otherwise be visible to the general public. The bill also creates a civil cause of action against an individual who maliciously disseminates or sells any videographic or still image that depicts another person who is nude or in a state of undress where such person knows that he is not licensed or authorized to disseminate or sell such videographic or still image. The bill provides that compensatory damages, punitive damages, and reasonable attorney fees and costs may be awarded.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0656)
2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105469D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1210H1)
3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1210ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1210ER)
4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102759D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1210)
5. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17102759D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1210E)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate — **35–4** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **11–3** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with substitute — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jennifer T. Wexton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102759D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Passed by for the day
- **2017-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-02** Reading of amendments waived
- **2017-02-02** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2017-02-02** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1210E
- **2017-02-02** Printed as engrossed 17102759D-E
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 17105469D-H1
- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1210H1
- **2017-02-22** Passed House with substitute (99-Y -0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Title replaced 17105469D-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 656 (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/4765bdb5-97f3-4243-8851-a845966b5a1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).