---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government sporting events and sporting facilities; automated external defibrillators."
description: "Local government sporting events and sporting facilities; automated external defibrillators. Requires localities to ensure that operational automated external defibrillators are available at local government sporting events and sporting facilities. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2028."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 87"
citation: "Virginia SB 87 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-12-30"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21ccec55-ab02-4e6a-ad84-e5eda0bbe9fe"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB87"
source_hash: "81b980db3b0b2a991710e5c4c510e18b4f7b5fddab2393988e30288529111853"
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 SB 87 (2026) — Local government sporting events and sporting facilities; automated external defibrillators.

Local government sporting events and sporting facilities; automated external defibrillators. Requires localities to ensure that operational automated external defibrillators are available at local government sporting events and sporting facilities. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2028.

## 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/1082248.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218102.PDF)
3. **Local Government Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135021.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191312.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102121D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-12-30** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (1/14/2026 11:55 am)
- **2026-02-09** Senate committee offered
- **2026-02-09** Reported from Local Government with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Committee substitute printed 26106933D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-10** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-12** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-17** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-20** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (2/23/2026 10:48 am)
- **2026-02-23** Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2026-03-02** Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB87ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter481 (Effective 7/1/2028) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0481)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21ccec55-ab02-4e6a-ad84-e5eda0bbe9fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).