Virginia Senate Bill 1210 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 20 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-20 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Civil action for unlawful creation of image of another or unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another. Creates a civil cause of action against an individual who knowingly and intentionally (i) creates any videographic or still image of any nonconsenting person who is nude, clad in undergarments, or in a state of undress or (ii) captures an image of a person's intimate parts or undergarments when those captured parts or undergarments would not otherwise be visible to the general public. The bill also creates a civil cause of action against an individual who maliciously disseminates or sells any videographic or still image that depicts another person who is nude or in a state of undress where such person knows that he is not licensed or authorized to disseminate or sell such videographic or still image. The bill provides that compensatory damages, punitive damages, and reasonable attorney fees and costs may be awarded.

Unlawful creation of image of another; civil action.

Sen. Jennifer Wexton [D]

2017-02-23 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-22 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-20 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-02-13 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) (Y: 35 N: 4 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (11-Y 3-N 1-A) (Y: 11 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-20		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656)
2017-03-20		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 656 (effective 7/1/17)
2017-03-13		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
2017-03-13	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
2017-03-10	Senate	Signed by President
2017-03-07	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-03-07	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1210ER)
2017-03-07	Senate	Enrolled
2017-02-23	Senate	Title replaced 17105469D-H1
2017-02-23	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-22	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2017-02-22	House	Passed House with substitute (99-Y -0-N)
2017-02-22	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1210H1
2017-02-22	House	Committee substitute agreed to 17105469D-H1
2017-02-22	House	Read third time
2017-02-21	House	Read second time
2017-02-20	House	Committee substitute printed 17105469D-H1
2017-02-20	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
2017-02-13	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
2017-02-08	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
2017-02-08	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-02-08	House	Read first time
2017-02-08	House	Placed on Calendar
2017-02-03	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N)
2017-02-02	Senate	Printed as engrossed 17102759D-E
2017-02-02	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1210E
2017-02-02	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2017-02-02	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2017-02-02	Senate	Read second time
2017-02-01	Senate	Passed by for the day
2017-01-31	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-01-30	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (11-Y 3-N 1-A)
2017-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102759D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	40.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1210
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1210+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1210E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1210H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1210ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0656+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S03V0150+SB1210
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0213SB1210+SB1210
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0263SB1210+SB1210
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H0802V0081+SB1210
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H08V0304+SB1210
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV2686+SB1210
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0915SB1210+SB1210