republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-926.md

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Bill	Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty.	Unlawful dissemination or sale of images ofanother; penalty. Increases the penalty for the offense of unlawful dissemination or sale of the image of another from a Class 1 misdemeanorto a Class 4 felony. The bill removes the requirement that a personmust have the intent to coerce, harass, or intimidate another personto be guilty of such unlawful dissemination or sale. The bill alsoexpands the current categories of images that are unlawful to disseminateor sell to include any videographic or still image that depicts another person who is in a state of undress so as not to expose the genitals,pubic area, buttocks, or female breast but such videographic or stillimage is sexual or sensual in nature. Finally,the bill extends from five years to 10 years the statute of limitations for the offense of unlawful creation of the image of another. Thebill also creates a 10-year statute of limitations for the offenseof unlawful dissemination or sale of the image of another. The billstarts the statute of limitations for both offenses at the time thevictim discovers the offense has occurred. Current law starts thestatute of limitations for the offense of unlawful creation of theimage of another upon the commission of the offense.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 926	Virginia HB 926 (2024)	bill		enacted	Irene Shin	5	45	7	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/35a599ad-7941-45c4-b94f-69a226a2b98f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB926	8cf2084a8bda28d44dc9050668a6945fcd578288d12bb911bb246c5031b3efe7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 926 (2024) — Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty.

Unlawful dissemination or sale of images ofanother; penalty. Increases the penalty for the offense of unlawful dissemination or sale of the image of another from a Class 1 misdemeanorto a Class 4 felony. The bill removes the requirement that a personmust have the intent to coerce, harass, or intimidate another personto be guilty of such unlawful dissemination or sale. The bill alsoexpands the current categories of images that are unlawful to disseminateor sell to include any videographic or still image that depicts another person who is in a state of undress so as not to expose the genitals,pubic area, buttocks, or female breast but such videographic or stillimage is sexual or sensual in nature. Finally,the bill extends from five years to 10 years the statute of limitations for the offense of unlawful creation of the image of another. Thebill also creates a 10-year statute of limitations for the offenseof unlawful dissemination or sale of the image of another. The billstarts the statute of limitations for both offenses at the time thevictim discovers the offense has occurred. Current law starts thestatute of limitations for the offense of unlawful creation of theimage of another upon the commission of the offense.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0697 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105454D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24108611D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB926ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104917D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 2-N 4-A) — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (68-Y 28-N) — 67–28 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (69-Y 30-N) — 68–30 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 3-N) — 18–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Irene Shin — primary (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104917D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 Impact statement from VCSC (HB926)
• 2024-01-30 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-02 Committee substitute printed 24105454D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB926)
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 24105454D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB926H1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House (68-Y 28-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Passage (68-Y 28-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB926H1)
• 2024-02-28 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-28 Committee substitute printed 24108611D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 2-N 4-A) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB926S1)
• 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-03-05 Committee substitute agreed to 24108611D-S1 substitution
• 2024-03-05 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-03-05 Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-06 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB926S1 substitution
• 2024-03-06 Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (22-Y 18-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 24108611D-S1 (69-Y 30-N) amendment-passage, substitution
• 2024-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (69-Y 30-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB926ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB926ER)
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 697 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35a599ad-7941-45c4-b94f-69a226a2b98f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).