Governor Glenn Youngkin joined law enforcement officials from across the region today for the ceremonial signing of three bills to strengthen child protection. The event took place at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, 2023, at the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.
The first bill, SB 731, expands the definition of child pornography in Virginia to include computer-generated images of children. Before this bill, a child predator caught with child porn could claim that it was computer-generated images, which were not prosecutable under Virginia law. SB 731 now defines obscene pictures of children as child pornography, regardless of whether an actual child is involved. Senator Tara Durant played a key role in building support for this bill.
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