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| Bill | Sex offenses, certain; sexual extortion, unlawful creation of image of another, penalties. | Certain sex offenses; sexual extortion; unlawful creation of image of another; penalties. Provides that any person who, with the intent to cause the complaining witness to engage in certain sexual acts, maliciously (i) threatens in writing, including electronically, (a) to disseminate, sell, or publish a videographic or still image, created by any means whatsoever, or (b) to not delete, remove, or take back a previously disseminated, sold, or published videographic or still image, created by any means whatsoever, that depicts the complaining witness or such complaining witness's family or household member, as defined in relevant law, as totally nude or in a state of undress so as to expose the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast or (ii) threatens eviction, loss of housing, property damage, or any financial loss, but such complaining witness does not thereby engage in such sexual acts is guilty of attempted sexual extortion and shall be punished as prescribed by relevant law.The bill also adds to the existing offense of unlawfully creating an image of another a prohibition on any person knowingly and intentionally creating any videographic or still image by any means whatsoever of any nonconsenting person if that person is not exposed to show the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast but such videographic or still image is obscene, as defined in relevant law, when such nonconsenting person is in a restroom, dressing room, locker room, hotel room, motel room, tanning bed, tanning booth, bedroom, or other location. A violation of such prohibition is a Class 1 misdemeanor unless such nonconsenting person is younger than the age of 18, in which case it is elevated to a Class 6 felony. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 629 | Virginia HB 629 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 629 (2026) — Sex offenses, certain; sexual extortion, unlawful creation of image of another, penalties.
Certain sex offenses; sexual extortion; unlawful creation of image of another; penalties. Provides that any person who, with the intent to cause the complaining witness to engage in certain sexual acts, maliciously (i) threatens in writing, including electronically, (a) to disseminate, sell, or publish a videographic or still image, created by any means whatsoever, or (b) to not delete, remove, or take back a previously disseminated, sold, or published videographic or still image, created by any means whatsoever, that depicts the complaining witness or such complaining witness's family or household member, as defined in relevant law, as totally nude or in a state of undress so as to expose the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast or (ii) threatens eviction, loss of housing, property damage, or any financial loss, but such complaining witness does not thereby engage in such sexual acts is guilty of attempted sexual extortion and shall be punished as prescribed by relevant law.The bill also adds to the existing offense of unlawfully creating an image of another a prohibition on any person knowingly and intentionally creating any videographic or still image by any means whatsoever of any nonconsenting person if that person is not exposed to show the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast but such videographic or still image is obscene, as defined in relevant law, when such nonconsenting person is in a restroom, dressing room, locker room, hotel room, motel room, tanning bed, tanning booth, bedroom, or other location. A violation of such prohibition is a Class 1 misdemeanor unless such nonconsenting person is younger than the age of 18, in which case it is elevated to a Class 6 felony.
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 Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Criminal Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104107D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/13/2026 3:26 pm)
- 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB629)
- 2026-02-10 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2026-02-11 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-02-13 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26105586D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-15 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB629)
- 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/17/2026 9:55 am)
- 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/17/2026 9:59 am)
- 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-05 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-05 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-09 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-14 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB629ER)
passage - 2026-03-14 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-14 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB629)
- 2026-03-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 539 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-10 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0539)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef5dd0b3-b28a-4f78-89e6-a5b877bf0321. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).