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2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

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Virginia HB 245 (2020) — Fornication; repeals the crime, i.e., voluntary sexual intercourse by an unmarried person.

Fornication; repeal. Repeals the crime of fornication, i.e., voluntary sexual intercourse by an unmarried person, punishable under current law as a Class 4 misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0122) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB245ER) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB245ER) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: Passage (91-Y 5-N 1-A) — 90–5 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2019-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101003D introduction
2019-12-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
2020-01-28 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
2020-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
2020-01-31 Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-04 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-05 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 5-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 5-N 1-A)
2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
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 (39-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-19 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-21 Enrolled
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 122 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/132902a4-3f54-41ec-ac5a-920f230335ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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