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| Bill | Use of communications system to expose sexual or genital parts to a child; penalty. | Use of communications system to expose sexual or genital parts to a child; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person 18 years of age or older who uses a communications system, including computers or computer networks or bulletin boards, or any other electronic means, with lascivious intent, to expose his sexual or genital parts to any person he knows or has reason to know is a child to whom he is not legally married and such child is 15 years of age or older. Under current law, it is a Class 5 felony for any person 18 years of age or older to use such communications system for the purposes of soliciting, with lascivious intent, any person he knows or has reason to believe is a child younger than 15 years of age to knowingly and intentionally commit certain sexual activities, including exposing his sexual or genital parts to any child to whom he is not legally married or proposing that any such child expose his sexual or genital parts to such person. It is also a Class 5 felony under current law for any person to commit such acts with any child he knows or has reason to believe is at least 15 years of age but younger than 18 years of age if such person is at least seven years older than the child. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2310 | Virginia HB 2310 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2310 (2025) — Use of communications system to expose sexual or genital parts to a child; penalty.
Use of communications system to expose sexual or genital parts to a child; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person 18 years of age or older who uses a communications system, including computers or computer networks or bulletin boards, or any other electronic means, with lascivious intent, to expose his sexual or genital parts to any person he knows or has reason to know is a child to whom he is not legally married and such child is 15 years of age or older. Under current law, it is a Class 5 felony for any person 18 years of age or older to use such communications system for the purposes of soliciting, with lascivious intent, any person he knows or has reason to believe is a child younger than 15 years of age to knowingly and intentionally commit certain sexual activities, including exposing his sexual or genital parts to any child to whom he is not legally married or proposing that any such child expose his sexual or genital parts to such person. It is also a Class 5 felony under current law for any person to commit such acts with any child he knows or has reason to believe is at least 15 years of age but younger than 18 years of age if such person is at least seven years older than the child. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Will Davis — primary (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101099D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-01-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2310)
- 2025-01-25 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2025-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-29 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-31 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-03 Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2025-02-03 Printed as engrossed 25101099D-E
- 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2310)
- 2025-02-12 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-14 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-14 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-17 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-19 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2310ER)
passage - 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2310)
- 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-22 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 261 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0261)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c0fced1-23cf-4696-8b20-ba69c2e4d42c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).