Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB988
Legislation Overview
Title: Elections; prohibited area, within 40 feet of the curbside voting area.
Description: Elections; general provisions; prohibited area; within 40 feet of the curbside voting area. Adds the 40 feet beyond any area designated for voting outside the polling place to the prohibited area where campaigning and certain other activities are unlawful during elections.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 8-N)
Last Action Date: January 28, 2025
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
1 sponsors: Angelia Williams Graves (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2025 | Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 8-N) |
| Senate | Jan 16, 2025 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB988) |
| Senate | Jan 7, 2025 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101922D |
| Senate | Jan 7, 2025 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 28, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 7, 2025 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 8-N) | 01/28/2025 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | No |
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Link: link to state bill page
