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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sexual offenses; prohibits person from proximity to children and working on school property."
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description: "Includes in the list of certain sex offenses that prohibit a person convicted of such offenses from being or residing in proximity to schools and certain other property where children congregate or from working on school property any offense similar to such offenses under the laws of any foreign country or political subdivision thereof or the United States or any political subdivision thereof. The prohibition regarding residing in proximity to a school that is predicated upon an offense similar to any offense under the laws of any foreign country or any political subdivision thereof, or the United States or any political subdivision thereof, only applies to residences established on and after July 1, 2017."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1485"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1485 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Appropriations", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Minors"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard P. Bell"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 12
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first_action: "2016-12-13"
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last_action: "2017-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21350ce1-8568-4637-8413-7365628322c2"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1485"
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source_hash: "42c83787e9573f56c94d44da5b741dee31a1752df17afe1e2de1ef32d86d7f5d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1485 (2017) — Sexual offenses; prohibits person from proximity to children and working on school property.
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Includes in the list of certain sex offenses that prohibit a person convicted of such offenses from being or residing in proximity to schools and certain other property where children congregate or from working on school property any offense similar to such offenses under the laws of any foreign country or political subdivision thereof or the United States or any political subdivision thereof. The prohibition regarding residing in proximity to a school that is predicated upon an offense similar to any offense under the laws of any foreign country or any political subdivision thereof, or the United States or any political subdivision thereof, only applies to residences established on and after July 1, 2017.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0507)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0507)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1485ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1485ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105145D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1485H1)
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4. **House: Conference substitute printed 17105838D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1485H2)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100554D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1485)
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6. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105358D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1485S1)
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## Votes
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- Conference report agreed to by House — **93–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with substitute with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **95–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105358D-S1 — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate insisted on amendment — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance with amendment — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendment rejected by House — **0–96** (fail) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Scott Lingamfelter — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100554D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-01** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17105145D-H1
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1485H1
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-17** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 17105358D-S1
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- **2017-02-17** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-17** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-17** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB1485S1
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- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105358D-S1 (95-Y 0-N)
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- **2017-02-21** Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
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- **2017-02-22** Senate requested conference committee
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- **2017-02-23** House acceded to request
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- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2017-02-24** Conference substitute printed 17105838D-H2
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- **2017-02-24** Amended by conference committee
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- **2017-02-24** Passed by temporarily
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- **2017-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 1-N)
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 507 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21350ce1-8568-4637-8413-7365628322c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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