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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child Pornography Registry; contents of Registry, criminal investigations, report."
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description: "Requires copies of all known or suspected child pornography found during the course of a criminal investigation of child pornography offenses to be included in the Child Pornography Registry (the Registry). Current law provides that only such images that are presented as evidence and used in a conviction for child pornography offenses are required to be included in the Registry. The bill also provides that Registry information may be used for victim identification. The bill requires the Department of State Police, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, to submit a report detailing the implementation plan for changes to the Registry pursuant to the bill to the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance by January 1, 2020. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1940"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1940 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Criminal Procedure", "Minors", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert B. Bell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-01-06"
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last_action: "2019-02-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99c10636-55bb-42cf-9967-a0605a09a6e6"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1940"
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source_hash: "074c8165031ec9be36e53646d6fc549d72c21f2dca03bdfd858c8961a1e869c5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1940 (2019) — Child Pornography Registry; contents of Registry, criminal investigations, report.
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Requires copies of all known or suspected child pornography found during the course of a criminal investigation of child pornography offenses to be included in the Child Pornography Registry (the Registry). Current law provides that only such images that are presented as evidence and used in a conviction for child pornography offenses are required to be included in the Registry. The bill also provides that Registry information may be used for victim identification. The bill requires the Department of State Police, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, to submit a report detailing the implementation plan for changes to the Registry pursuant to the bill to the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance by January 1, 2020. This bill is identical to
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0003)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0003)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1940ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1940ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102421D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1940)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102421D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-04** Passed by for the day
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- **2019-02-05** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-06** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-06** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-07** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 7, 2019
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- **2019-02-07** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 14, 2019
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- **2019-02-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 3 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99c10636-55bb-42cf-9967-a0605a09a6e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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