SB 1108 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; state parks, penalty.

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.
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Last action Feb 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

Courts of Justice Subcommittee Substitute Courts of Justice Substitute · 1 edit
MINOR
This bill amendment primarily changes the formatting and layout of the legislative document, moving from a House Substitute version to a Senate Substitute version. The substantive policy content regarding sex offender restrictions remains unchanged, though the document structure has been reorganized with different spacing and line breaks.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the restrictions on sex offenders near schools, child day programs, and state parks remain the same.
TECHNICAL

The document layout has been reformatted from a House Substitute to a Senate Substitute version with different spacing and line breaks, but the actual legal text and policy provisions remain identical.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 31, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2025
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (22-0)
house of delegates
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Danny Diggs
Danny Diggs
RRepublican
VA
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