republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2586.md

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Bill	Prostitution and sex trafficking; offenses involving a minor, penalties.	Provides that any person who commits an act of aiding prostitution or illicit sexual intercourse or using a vehicle to promote prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse, when such act involves a minor, is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Under current law, such acts are punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill adds the two new felony offenses to (i) the definition of "violent felony" for the purposes of sentencing guidelines, (ii) the definition of barrier crimes for the purposes of background checks for employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled, (iii) the definition of predicate criminal acts for street gangs, (iv) the definition of racketeering activity under the Virginia Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organization Act, (v) the list of violations that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury is responsible for investigating, and (vi) the list of offenses requiring registration in the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. The bill also adds felony prostitution and felony human trafficking offenses to the definition of "violent felony" for the purposes of sentencing guidelines. The bill also provides that each violation of commercial sex trafficking is a separate and distinct felony. The bill as introduced was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2586	Virginia HB 2586 (2019)	bill	Appropriations Crimes and Offenses Generally Minors	enacted	Robert B. Bell	4	30	12	2019-01-09	2019-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/8ccfb438-c167-4aab-a1ce-3c1a9d63b9df	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2586	d18d191b9f9a9d08e316bb0a980efe4040a2be1f014d0185ad7931293295bb14	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2586 (2019) — Prostitution and sex trafficking; offenses involving a minor, penalties.

Provides that any person who commits an act of aiding prostitution or illicit sexual intercourse or using a vehicle to promote prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse, when such act involves a minor, is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Under current law, such acts are punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill adds the two new felony offenses to (i) the definition of "violent felony" for the purposes of sentencing guidelines, (ii) the definition of barrier crimes for the purposes of background checks for employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled, (iii) the definition of predicate criminal acts for street gangs, (iv) the definition of racketeering activity under the Virginia Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organization Act, (v) the list of violations that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury is responsible for investigating, and (vi) the list of offenses requiring registration in the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. The bill also adds felony prostitution and felony human trafficking offenses to the definition of "violent felony" for the purposes of sentencing guidelines. The bill also provides that each violation of commercial sex trafficking is a separate and distinct felony. The bill as introduced was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0617) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2586ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104381D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate amendments engrossed (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by House — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance with amendment — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate amendment rejected by House — 0–97 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate insisted on amendment — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate amendment rejected by House — 0–99 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
• Brenda L. Pogge — cosponsor (person)
• C. Todd Gilbert — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
• Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
• Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
• Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
• Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
• John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
• M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
• M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
• Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
• R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
• Riley E. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
• Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
• Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Ronnie R. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
• Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• S. Chris Jones — cosponsor (person)
• T. Scott Garrett — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104381D introduction
• 2019-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-29 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-20 Reading of amendment waived
• 2019-02-20 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-02-20 Passed by temporarily
• 2019-02-20 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2019-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-21 Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 97-N 1-A)
• 2019-02-21 Reconsideration of Senate amendment agreed to by House
• 2019-02-21 Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 99-N)
• 2019-02-21 Senate requested conference committee
• 2019-02-21 House acceded to request
• 2019-02-21 Conferees appointed by House
• 2019-02-21 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2019-02-23 Amended by conference committee
• 2019-02-23 Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
• 2019-03-07 Enrolled
• 2019-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-03-09 Signed by President
• 2019-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
• 2019-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 617 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ccfb438-c167-4aab-a1ce-3c1a9d63b9df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).