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VA HB 1027

in committee

Children; use of communication systems to facilitate certain offenses, exception.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children; exception. Provides that the crime of using communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children only applies when (i) the child involved is within the age ranges prescribed by law or (ii) the other person involved is a law-enforcement officer posing as a child within the age ranges prescribed by law while in the performance of his official duties.

Introduced
2026-01-14
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-02-11 — Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Wendell S. Walkerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-14

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103294D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-14

    Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-05

    Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-06

    House subcommittee offered

  5. 2026-02-06

    Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)

  6. 2026-02-06

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1027)

  7. 2026-02-11

    Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

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Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1027

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