VA HB2527 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Hearing: Feb 10 in House Committee Room C - 206
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Hearing: Feb 10 in House Committee Room C - 206
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
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, 2025, 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 area of a state park that he knows or has reason to know is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium. A violation is a Class 6 felony.
Title
Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; state parks, penalty.
Sponsors
| Del. Kim Taylor [R] | Del. Ellen Campbell [R] | Del. Baxter Ennis [R] | Del. Hyland Fowler [R] |
| Del. Chad Green [R] | Del. David Owen [R] | Del. Wendell Walker [R] | Del. Wren Williams [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-04 | House | Left in Courts of Justice |
| 2025-01-20 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2527) |
| 2025-01-09 | House | Impact statement from VCSC (HB2527) |
| 2025-01-08 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2025-01-08 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103742D |
