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Virginia HB 1071 (2020) — Profane swearing in public; removes the crime from Code.

Profane swearing in public. Removes the crime of profane swearing in public, which is currently punishable as a Class 4 misdemeanor. This bill incorporates HB 132.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0160) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1071ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1071H1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB1071) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Passed Senate (31-Y 7-N 1-A) — 31–7 (pass) · upper
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 5-N) — 17–5 (pass) · lower
Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (76-Y 24-N) — 75–24 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101994D introduction
2020-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
2020-01-14 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
2020-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
2020-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 5-N) committee-passage
2020-01-22 Committee substitute printed 20106255D-H1 substitution
2020-01-22 Incorporates HB132 (Webert)
2020-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB1071)
2020-01-24 Read first time reading-1
2020-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
2020-01-28 Engrossment reconsidered by House
2020-01-28 Passed by for the day
2020-01-29 Read second time reading-2
2020-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 20106255D-H1
2020-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1071H1
2020-01-30 Read third time and passed House (76-Y 24-N) passage, reading-3
2020-01-30 VOTE: Passage (76-Y 24-N)
2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-01-31 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
2020-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB1071H1)
2020-02-17 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-19 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-19 Passed Senate (31-Y 7-N 1-A) passage
2020-02-21 Enrolled
2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB1071ER)
2020-02-21 Signed by Speaker
2020-02-24 Signed by President
2020-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
2020-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
2020-03-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 160 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/facaa45c-2717-4f26-9c73-e990f755a13c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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