republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-42.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aggravated sexual battery; penalty."
description: "Aggravated sexual battery by false representationor subterfuge; penalty. Provides that any person who sexuallyabuses another person through false representation or subterfuge that is part of a massage by a massage therapist, a medical procedure,or physical therapy is guilty of aggravated sexual battery if suchabuse is intentional and without the consent of the complaining witness.The bill also eliminates the provision that sexual battery can beaccomplished by ruse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "Virginia SB 42 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill DeSteph"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-11-18"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec389921-ef32-45a8-99b3-d362af380ffc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB42"
source_hash: "659a4c64a9b7f3831b8968bb7b039b9d8b3b85bbf88b60cf2afcd355eec8ac8e"
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 42 (2020) — Aggravated sexual battery; penalty.

Aggravated sexual battery by false representationor subterfuge; penalty. Provides that any person who sexuallyabuses another person through false representation or subterfuge that is part of a massage by a massage therapist, a medical procedure,or physical therapy is guilty of aggravated sexual battery if suchabuse is intentional and without the consent of the complaining witness.The bill also eliminates the provision that sexual battery can beaccomplished by ruse.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1003)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1003)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB42ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB42ER)
3. **Impact statement from VCSC (SB42)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB42)
4. **Impact statement from VCSC (SB42S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB42S1)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (84-Y 12-N) — **83–12** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 3-N) — **15–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100063D `introduction`
- **2019-11-18** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-19** Impact statement from VCSC (SB42)
- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
- **2020-01-16** Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute printed 20106403D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-29** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Impact statement from VCSC (SB42S1)
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 20106403D-S1
- **2020-02-07** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB42S1
- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB42S1)
- **2020-02-18** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-24** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-02-28** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed House (84-Y 12-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Passage (84-Y 12-N)
- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB42ER)
- **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
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1003 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec389921-ef32-45a8-99b3-d362af380ffc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).