republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-249.md

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Bill	Sexual abuse of animals; definitions, penalty.	Sexual abuse of animals; penalty. Providesthat any person who knowingly (i) engages in sexual contact withan animal; (ii) causes another person by force, threat, or intimidationto engage in sexual contact with an animal; (iii) advertises, solicits,offers, sells, purchases, or possesses an animal with the intentthat the animal be subject to sexual contact; (iv) permits sexualcontact with an animal to be conducted on any premises under hisownership or control; (v) produces, distributes, publishes, sells,transmits, finances, possesses with the intent to distribute, publish,sell, or transmit, or makes any attempt to produce, distribute, publish,sell, transmit, or finance an obscene item depicting a person engagedin sexual contact with an animal is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Thebill also provides that any person convicted of sexual abuse of ananimal may be prohibited from possessing, owning, or exercising controlover any animal for a period of up to five years and may be orderedto attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatricor psychological counseling.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 249	Virginia SB 249 (2022)	bill		enacted	Scott A. Surovell	5	44	9	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/d28979ca-fbfb-43be-8a54-1348f3a7ccb5	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB249	c9bcdedd04c3513749dd3594927a3c548c9c950aa2cdcff59a86339aa65b64f8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 249 (2022) — Sexual abuse of animals; definitions, penalty.

Sexual abuse of animals; penalty. Providesthat any person who knowingly (i) engages in sexual contact withan animal; (ii) causes another person by force, threat, or intimidationto engage in sexual contact with an animal; (iii) advertises, solicits,offers, sells, purchases, or possesses an animal with the intentthat the animal be subject to sexual contact; (iv) permits sexualcontact with an animal to be conducted on any premises under hisownership or control; (v) produces, distributes, publishes, sells,transmits, finances, possesses with the intent to distribute, publish,sell, or transmit, or makes any attempt to produce, distribute, publish,sell, transmit, or finance an obscene item depicting a person engagedin sexual contact with an animal is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Thebill also provides that any person convicted of sexual abuse of ananimal may be prohibited from possessing, owning, or exercising controlover any animal for a period of up to five years and may be orderedto attend an appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatricor psychological counseling.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0594 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106117D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 22107253D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100190D (committee substitute) — source
5. SB249ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 1-N) — 11–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 3-N) — 17–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
• Lionell Spruill, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100190D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-01-13 Impact statement from VCSC (SB249)
• 2022-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB249)
• 2022-01-25 Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 1-N)
• 2022-01-25 Rereferred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-01-31 Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-07 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-07 Committee substitute printed 22106117D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-07 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Impact statement from VCSC (SB249S1)
• 2022-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB249S1)
• 2022-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22106117D-S1
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB249S1
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2022-02-27 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2022-02-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-02 Committee substitute printed 22107253D-H1 substitution
• 2022-03-03 Impact statement from VCSC (SB249H1)
• 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB249H1)
• 2022-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-07 Committee substitute agreed to 22107253D-H1
• 2022-03-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB249H1
• 2022-03-07 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-07 VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 Title replaced 22107253D-H1
• 2022-03-10 Enrolled
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB249ER)
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 594 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d28979ca-fbfb-43be-8a54-1348f3a7ccb5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).