republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-731.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Child pornography; production, publication, sale, financing, etc., penalty.	Production, publication, sale, financing, etc., of child pornography; penalty. Amends the definition of "child pornography" to include sexually explicit visual material that depicts a minor in a state of nudity or engaged in sexual conduct where such depiction is obscene and specifies that such minor does not have to actually exist.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 731	Virginia SB 731 (2024)	bill		enacted	Tara A. Durant	4	39	9	2024-01-19	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/b163c6d4-bc44-498d-ad6f-78fe476907f1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB731	15b319b695953756bd8676eb662dc84f36178777a1a8fcfea75bd441a5374e9f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 731 (2024) — Child pornography; production, publication, sale, financing, etc., penalty.

Production, publication, sale, financing, etc., of child pornography; penalty. Amends the definition of "child pornography" to include sexually explicit visual material that depicts a minor in a state of nudity or engaged in sexual conduct where such depiction is obscene and specifies that such minor does not have to actually exist.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0262 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107035D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 24105360D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB731ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tara A. Durant — primary (person)
• Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24105360D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Impact statement from VCSC (SB731)
• 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB731)
• 2024-02-05 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Committee substitute printed 24107035D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Impact statement from VCSC (SB731S1)
• 2024-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB731S1)
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24107035D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB731S1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-16 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB731ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB731ER)
• 2024-03-08 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 262 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b163c6d4-bc44-498d-ad6f-78fe476907f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).