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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal sexual assault; broadens definition of intimate parts, penalty."
description: "Criminal sexual assault; definition of intimate parts; penalty. Includes in the definition of \"intimate parts,\" for the purposes of criminal sexual assault, the chest, including the breast, of any person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 434"
citation: "Virginia HB 434 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briana D. Sewell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0967e42a-724b-4b7b-a276-5f5f73ab9709"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB434"
source_hash: "be712261f517448d610450f608846b808a1bd2cd168552c507e58d8fbdb1909c"
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 434 (2022) — Criminal sexual assault; broadens definition of intimate parts, penalty.
Criminal sexual assault; definition of intimate parts; penalty. Includes in the definition of "intimate parts," for the purposes of criminal sexual assault, the chest, including the breast, of any person.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0645** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0645)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106437D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB434H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 22107162D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB434S1)
4. **HB434ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB434ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102666D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB434)
## Votes
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **950** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 96-N) — **095** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie R. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102666D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Impact statement from VCSC (HB434)
- **2022-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB434)
- **2022-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-11** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Committee substitute printed 22106437D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Impact statement from VCSC (HB434H1)
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22106437D-H1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB434H1
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB434H1)
- **2022-02-28** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-28** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-28** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Committee substitute printed 22107162D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-28** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Impact statement from VCSC (HB434S1)
- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB434S1)
- **2022-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 22107162D-S1
- **2022-03-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB434S1
- **2022-03-04** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Senate substitute rejected by House 22107162D-S1 (0-Y 96-N)
- **2022-03-08** VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 96-N)
- **2022-03-09** Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** Senate requested conference committee
- **2022-03-10** House acceded to request
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-11** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-03-11** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-11** Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-11** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-21** Enrolled
- **2022-03-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB434ER)
- **2022-03-21** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 645 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0967e42a-724b-4b7b-a276-5f5f73ab9709`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).