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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 148: Children; seizure, etc., of property used in connection with exploitation and solicitation.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 148 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 5, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Children; seizure, etc., of property used in connection with exploitation and solicitation. Primary sponsor: Wren Williams (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 9, 2026): Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Seizure, forfeiture, and destruction of property used in connection with the exploitation and solicitation of children. Requires the court, if the forfeiture is established to order the destruction of all audio and visual equipment, electronic equipment, devices, and other personal property used in connection with the possession, production, distribution, publication, sale, possession with intent to distribute, or making of child pornography, or in connection with the solicitation of a person less than 18 years of age, in violation of current law. The bill also (i) requires certain information to be provided by the law-enforcement agency responsible for the destruction, (ii) prohibits destruction of such items to be used in a criminal prosecution until all rights of appeal have been exhausted, and (iii) requires the law-enforcement agency to provide notice, by first-class mail, to the accused or other interested party, if known, and his attorney at least seven days prior to the destruction of the time and place the destruction will occur. This bill incorporates HB 274 and HB 688.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Wren WilliamsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse47
Will DavisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Wendell WalkerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Eric ZehrCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N)
  2. Senate committee offered
  3. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  4. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  5. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB148)
  6. Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
  7. Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  8. Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)
  9. Passed by for the day
  10. Engrossed by House - committee substitute
  11. committee substitute agreed to
  12. Read second time

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source