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SB55Introduced in the Senate

Sex offenses; prohibiting proximity to children on premises of state parks, penalty.

Passed

Introduced by Danny Diggs, District 24

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; state parks; penalty. Provides that every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children, when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2026, shall as a part of his sentence be forever prohibited from going, for the purpose of having any contact whatsoever with children who are not in his custody, within 100 feet of a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium he knows or has reason to know is located on the premises of a state park. A violation is a Class 6 felony.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0480)

April 8, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) · March 9, 2026

96

Yes

0

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Patrick Hope1Absent
Adele McClure2Yes
Alfonso Lopez3Yes
Charniele Herring4Yes
Kirk McPike5Yes
Richard Sullivan6Yes
Karen Keys-Gamarra7Yes
Irene Shin8Yes
Karrie Delaney9Yes
Dan Helmer10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100464D

  2. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

  3. Fiscal Impact statement From VSCC (12/5/2025 4:08 pm)

  4. Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (12/5/2025 4:12 pm)

  5. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB55)

  6. Senate committee offered

  7. Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

  8. Committee substitute printed 26105714D-S1

  9. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB55)

  10. Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)

  11. Rules suspended

  12. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  13. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  14. Passed by for the day

  15. Read second time

  16. Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to

  17. Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)

  18. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

  19. Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  20. Placed on Calendar

  21. Read first time

  22. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

  23. Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal

  24. Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N)

  25. Reported from Courts of Justice and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)

  26. Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety

  27. Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)

  28. Read second time

  29. Read third time

  30. Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)

  31. Enrolled

  32. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB55ER)

  33. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB55)

  34. Signed by Speaker

  35. Signed by President

  36. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026

  37. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  38. Approved by Governor-Chapter 480 (effective 7/1/2026)

  39. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0480)

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