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Bill Assault and battery; Class 1 misdemeanor against sports official. Assault and battery; sports official; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to commit a battery against another knowing or having reason to know that such individual is a sports official, defined in the bill, for an entity sponsoring an interscholastic or intercollegiate sports event or any person performing services as a sports official for a public entity or a private, nonprofit organization that sponsors an amateur sports event who (i) is engaged in the performance of his duties or (ii) is on the premises of such event prior to engaging in his duties or upon conclusion of his duties. The bill provides that such person, upon conviction, may be prohibited from attending any such sports event operated by the entity or organization that employed such sports official for a period of not less than six months as a term and condition of such sentence. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 986 Virginia SB 986 (2025)
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Virginia SB 986 (2025) — Assault and battery; Class 1 misdemeanor against sports official.

Assault and battery; sports official; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to commit a battery against another knowing or having reason to know that such individual is a sports official, defined in the bill, for an entity sponsoring an interscholastic or intercollegiate sports event or any person performing services as a sports official for a public entity or a private, nonprofit organization that sponsors an amateur sports event who (i) is engaged in the performance of his duties or (ii) is on the premises of such event prior to engaging in his duties or upon conclusion of his duties. The bill provides that such person, upon conviction, may be prohibited from attending any such sports event operated by the entity or organization that employed such sports official for a period of not less than six months as a term and condition of such sentence.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Courts of Justice Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N) — 372 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101551D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-01-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986)
  • 2025-01-15 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-17 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-17 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-01-20 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-01-21 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-05 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-05 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-02-05 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-14 Committee substitute printed 25107101D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986)
  • 2025-02-18 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-19 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-19 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-19 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-20 House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N) substitution
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB986ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986)
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 361 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ccd7eec6-096f-428f-9cab-2af2b0cbf31e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).