Virginia HB 1027 — Children; use of communication systems to facilitate certain offenses, exception.
Virginia, 2027. HB 1027: Children; use of communication systems to facilitate certain offenses, exception.
Latest action
July 21, 2026 — Continued from last session
Summary
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.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-374.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children; exception.
Sponsors
- Wendell S. Walker — primary sponsor
Bill text
Courts of Justice Substitute Read version ↗ Read version ↗
Introduced Read version ↗ Read version ↗
Recorded votes
No roll-call votes were supplied for this bill. This does not imply that no vote occurred.
Legislative history
- Continued from last session
- Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
- Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1027)
- Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
- House subcommittee offered
- Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103294D
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