---
type: "Bill"
title: "Loitering; curfew for minors, age restrictions on trick-or-treating, effective clause."
description: "Prohibiting loitering; curfew for minors; age restrictions on trick-or-treating. Prohibits localities from imposing age restrictions on trick-or-treating that exceed current loitering and curfew provisions. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2027 Session of the General Assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1395"
citation: "Virginia HB 1395 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b9b8de9-63b3-47f8-82e8-adfc63d44181"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1395"
source_hash: "5a579520e2a38d658d1a1c62ab157f254716f134db16301adc8448a0204a320b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1395 (2026) — Loitering; curfew for minors, age restrictions on trick-or-treating, effective clause.

Prohibiting loitering; curfew for minors; age restrictions on trick-or-treating. Prohibits localities from imposing age restrictions on trick-or-treating that exceed current loitering and curfew provisions. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2027 Session of the General Assembly.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1093526.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217366.PDF)
3. **Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1105071.HTML)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1105128.PDF)
5. **Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103291.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1200539.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **67–30** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **21–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-22** Presented and ordered printed 26104929D `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 1-N)
- **2026-01-29** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-01-30** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-05** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-02-06** Read third time and passed House (67-Y 30-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Reported from Local Government (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-03** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1395ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 312 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0312)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b9b8de9-63b3-47f8-82e8-adfc63d44181`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).