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Bill	Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; offenses requiring registration.	Offenses requiring registration under the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another. Adds a third or subsequent conviction of unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another to the list of offenses requiring registration under the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry if the offense was committed on or after July 1, 2020. The bill contains technical amendments.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 253	Virginia HB 253 (2020)	bill		enacted	Vivian E. Watts	4	34	11	2019-12-30	2020-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/e227ccd5-6f7c-47fa-bdc8-fb59d464500c	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB253	0e14dc4d363a621c765ef574af7684f5354b420dcd65eb585ffcd5ebe5aab173	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 253 (2020) — Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; offenses requiring registration.

Offenses requiring registration under the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another. Adds a third or subsequent conviction of unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another to the list of offenses requiring registration under the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry if the offense was committed on or after July 1, 2020. The bill contains technical amendments.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0389) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB253ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB253H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from VCSC (HB253) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (85-Y 12-N) — 84–12 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103884D introduction
• 2019-12-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-02 Impact statement from VCSC (HB253)
• 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB253)
• 2020-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-07 Committee substitute printed 20108030D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20108030D-H1
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB253H1
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from VCSC (HB253H1)
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (85-Y 12-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (85-Y 12-N)
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB253H1)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-26 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled
• 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB253ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 389 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e227ccd5-6f7c-47fa-bdc8-fb59d464500c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).