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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child pornography; possession, distribution, production, publication, sale, financing, etc."
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description: "Possession, distribution, production, publication, sale, financing, etc., of child pornography; venue. Provides that venue for a prosecution of child pornography possession, distribution, or production may lie in the jurisdiction where the alleged offender resides. Under current law, venue for a prosecution of such offense may lie only in the jurisdiction where the unlawful act occurs or where any sexually explicit visual material associated with the unlawful act is produced, reproduced, found, stored, or possessed. This bill incorporates HB 478."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1330"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1330 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kathy J. Byron"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-03-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fe9933f-4a87-444d-9520-e099944d07ee"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1330"
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source_hash: "0dd4219392b3f33b4236408aaa01a2c4c7c02796a6aa19ccaba079ad22e9ddb0"
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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 1330 (2020) — Child pornography; possession, distribution, production, publication, sale, financing, etc.
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Possession, distribution, production, publication, sale, financing, etc., of child pornography; venue. Provides that venue for a prosecution of child pornography possession, distribution, or production may lie in the jurisdiction where the alleged offender resides. Under current law, venue for a prosecution of such offense may lie only in the jurisdiction where the unlawful act occurs or where any sexually explicit visual material associated with the unlawful act is produced, reproduced, found, stored, or possessed. This bill incorporates HB 478.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0489)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1330ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1330ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1330H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1330)
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4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1330H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1330H1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kathy J. Byron — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102618D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-27** Committee substitute printed 20106559D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-27** Incorporates HB478 (Mullin)
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- **2020-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 20106559D-H1
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- **2020-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1330H1
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- **2020-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-31** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 489 (effective 7/1/20) `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/2fe9933f-4a87-444d-9520-e099944d07ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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