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| Bill | Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; Park Authorities Act, penalty. | Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; Park Authorities Act; 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 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 the premises of any place owned or operated by an authority created pursuant to the Park Authorities Act that he knows or should know is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium.The bill also provides that any person convicted of an offense under the laws of any foreign country or any political subdivision thereof, or the United States or any political subdivision thereof, similar to any offense set forth in current law shall 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 the premises of any place owned or operated by an authority created pursuant to the Park Authorities Act that he knows or has reason to know is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium.A violation of the bill's provisions is punishable as a Class 6 felony. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 250 | Virginia HB 250 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 250 (2026) — Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; Park Authorities Act, penalty.
Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; Park Authorities Act; 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 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 the premises of any place owned or operated by an authority created pursuant to the Park Authorities Act that he knows or should know is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium.The bill also provides that any person convicted of an offense under the laws of any foreign country or any political subdivision thereof, or the United States or any political subdivision thereof, similar to any offense set forth in current law shall 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 the premises of any place owned or operated by an authority created pursuant to the Park Authorities Act that he knows or has reason to know is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium.A violation of the bill's provisions is punishable as a Class 6 felony.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102454D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-09 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/9/2026 10:15 am)
- 2026-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB250)
- 2026-02-10 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2026-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-13 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-15 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-25 Committee substitute printed 26108637D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/26/2026 12:59 pm)
- 2026-02-26 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-26 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB250)
- 2026-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-27 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-27 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-03 Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-10 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-10 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB250ER)
passage - 2026-03-10 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB250)
- 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 96 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0096)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b94bb3b-7b7b-406c-a92f-22ca0810e66a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).