republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-55.md

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Bill	Sex offenses; prohibiting proximity to children on premises of state parks, penalty.	Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; state parks; 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 a 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 a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium he knows or has reason to know is located on the premises of a state park. A violation is a Class 6 felony.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 55	Virginia SB 55 (2026)	bill		enacted	J.D. "Danny" Diggs	4	39	8	2025-11-26	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/52ee8804-172c-4ef4-b5d8-67d0f569f356	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB55	ea94629ccc2487b8556e9cae2bd3df17cf196b24ea5de64659c698eeb251cc39	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 55 (2026) — Sex offenses; prohibiting proximity to children on premises of state parks, penalty.

Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; state parks; 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 a 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 a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium he knows or has reason to know is located on the premises of a state park. A violation is a Class 6 felony.

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 Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• J.D. "Danny" Diggs — primary (person)
• Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-11-26 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100464D filing, introduction
• 2025-11-26 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-12-05 Fiscal Impact statement From VSCC (12/5/2025 4:08 pm)
• 2025-12-05 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (12/5/2025 4:12 pm)
• 2026-01-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB55)
• 2026-01-19 Senate committee offered
• 2026-01-19 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-21 Committee substitute printed 26105714D-S1 substitution
• 2026-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB55)
• 2026-01-28 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-29 Rules suspended
• 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-01-29 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-01-29 Passed by for the day
• 2026-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-01-30 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2026-01-30 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
• 2026-01-30 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-02 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N)
• 2026-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-09 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-09 Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-13 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB55ER) passage
• 2026-03-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB55)
• 2026-03-13 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-13 Signed by President 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
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 480 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0480)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52ee8804-172c-4ef4-b5d8-67d0f569f356. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).