Bill Text: VA HB1276 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Sexually explicit visual material; displaying to a child unlawful, penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-13 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB1276 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB1276-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §18.2-374.4 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§18.2-374.4. Display of sexually explicit visual material or grooming video or materials to a child unlawful; penalty.
A. Any person 18 years of age or older who displays child pornography sexually explicit visual material
or a grooming video or materials to a child under 13 years of age with the
intent to entice, solicit, or encourage the child to engage in the fondling of
the sexual or genital parts of another or the fondling of his sexual or genital
parts by another, sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal
intercourse, or object sexual penetration is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
B. "Grooming video or materials" means a cartoon, animation, image, or series of images depicting a child engaged in the fondling of the sexual or genital parts of another or the fondling of his sexual or genital parts by another, masturbation, sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, or object sexual penetration.
2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to §30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities; therefore, Chapter 1 of the Acts of Assembly of 2023, Special Session I, requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to assign a minimum fiscal impact of $50,000. Pursuant to §30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is $0 for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
