republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2678.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty."
description: "Provides, for the purposes of the prohibition against the unlawful dissemination or sale of certain images of another person, that \"another person\" includes a person whose image was used in creating, adapting, or modifying a videographic or still image with the intent to depict an actual person and who is recognizable as an actual person by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2678"
citation: "Virginia HB 2678 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d87008d9-9374-4800-870c-f970659f07b6"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2678"
source_hash: "4b0bc22d4a5d5138e3678e6b8c7b883ee852da9100813c6fba44c9ca8d05ceca"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2678 (2019) — Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty.

Provides, for the purposes of the prohibition against the unlawful dissemination or sale of certain images of another person, that "another person" includes a person whose image was used in creating, adapting, or modifying a videographic or still image with the intent to depict an actual person and who is recognizable as an actual person by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0490)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0490)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2678)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2678ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2678ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19106214D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2678H1)
5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19103868D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2678)
6. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106817D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2678S1)

## Votes

- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by House — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute rejected by House 19106817D-S1 — **1–96** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 19103868D `introduction`
- **2019-01-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 19106214D-H1
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2678H1
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Passed by for the day
- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 19106817D-S1
- **2019-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2678S1
- **2019-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-18** Senate substitute rejected by House 19106817D-S1 (1-Y 96-N)
- **2019-02-19** Senate requested conference committee
- **2019-02-20** House acceded to request
- **2019-02-20** Conferees appointed by House
- **2019-02-21** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2019-02-22** Amended by conference committee
- **2019-02-22** Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- **2019-03-07** Enrolled
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-09** Signed by President
- **2019-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- **2019-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 490 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d87008d9-9374-4800-870c-f970659f07b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).