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| Bill | Polling places; prohibited activities, unlawful possession of a firearm, penalty. | Polling places; prohibited activities; unlawfulpossession of a firearm; penalty. Prohibits any person from knowingly possessing a firearm within 40 feet of any building, orpart thereof, used as a polling place, including one hour before andone hour after its use as a polling place, except for (i) a qualifiedlaw-enforcement officer or retired law-enforcement officer, (ii)any person occupying his own private property that falls within40 feet of the polling place, or (iii) a licensed armed securityofficer whose employment or performance of his duties occurs within40 feet of the polling place. The bill further provides that no personshall knowingly possess a firearm within 40 feet of a meeting placefor the local electoral board while the electoral board meets to ascertainthe results of an election or any place used as the setting for arecount. A violation of the provisions of the bill is a Class 1 misdemeanor. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2081 | Virginia HB 2081 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2081 (2021) — Polling places; prohibited activities, unlawful possession of a firearm, penalty.
Polling places; prohibited activities; unlawfulpossession of a firearm; penalty. Prohibits any person from knowingly possessing a firearm within 40 feet of any building, orpart thereof, used as a polling place, including one hour before andone hour after its use as a polling place, except for (i) a qualifiedlaw-enforcement officer or retired law-enforcement officer, (ii)any person occupying his own private property that falls within40 feet of the polling place, or (iii) a licensed armed securityofficer whose employment or performance of his duties occurs within40 feet of the polling place. The bill further provides that no personshall knowingly possess a firearm within 40 feet of a meeting placefor the local electoral board while the electoral board meets to ascertainthe results of an election or any place used as the setting for arecount. A violation of the provisions of the bill is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0459 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2081ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102618D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 47-N) — 52–47 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 6-N) — 8–6 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Mark H. Levine — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102618D
introduction - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2021-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB2081)
- 2021-01-20 Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-21 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-22 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-01-25 Read third time and passed House (53-Y 47-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-25 VOTE: Passage (53-Y 47-N)
- 2021-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-01-26 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-15 Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-17 Passed by for the day
- 2021-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-18 Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
passage - 2021-02-22 Enrolled
- 2021-02-22 Signed by President
- 2021-02-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB2081ER)
- 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 459 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52d9ef2b-9db4-4bab-a9d7-44665e7c6852. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).