republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-493.md

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Bill	Sexually explicit visual material to another; civil action for dissemination of images, penalty.	Civil action for the dissemination of sexually explicit visual material to another. Provides that any person 18 years of age or older who knowingly transmits an intimate image, as defined in the bill, by computer or other electronic means to the computer or electronic communication device of another person 18 years of age or older when such other person has not consented to the use of his computer or electronic communication device for the receipt of such material or has expressly forbidden the receipt of such material shall be considered a trespass and shall be liable to the recipient of the intimate image for actual damages or $500, whichever is greater, in addition to reasonable attorney fees and costs.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 493	Virginia SB 493 (2022)	bill		enacted	Jennifer L. McClellan	4	36	7	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/faf7bc7c-6140-4e40-bff4-a9a10f39099b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB493	437f41d6a75cfcbab90d2d2a712845dd3391e7236af6066e78735c002fb2e487	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 493 (2022) — Sexually explicit visual material to another; civil action for dissemination of images, penalty.

Civil action for the dissemination of sexually explicit visual material to another. Provides that any person 18 years of age or older who knowingly transmits an intimate image, as defined in the bill, by computer or other electronic means to the computer or electronic communication device of another person 18 years of age or older when such other person has not consented to the use of his computer or electronic communication device for the receipt of such material or has expressly forbidden the receipt of such material shall be considered a trespass and shall be liable to the recipient of the intimate image for actual damages or $500, whichever is greater, in addition to reasonable attorney fees and costs.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0523 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106186D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102813D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB493ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 1-N) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102813D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-01-31 Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB493)
• 2022-02-04 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-07 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-09 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-09 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-09 Committee substitute printed 22106186D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB493S1)
• 2022-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-11 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 22106186D-S1
• 2022-02-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB493S1
• 2022-02-14 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-21 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-25 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2022-03-01 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2022-03-01 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-03 House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 Enrolled
• 2022-03-08 Signed by President
• 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB493ER)
• 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 523 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/faf7bc7c-6140-4e40-bff4-a9a10f39099b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).