2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

SB986: Assault and battery; Class 1 misdemeanor against sports official.

Legislative Summary

Assault and battery; sports official; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to commit a battery against another knowing or having reason to know that such individual is a sports official, defined in the bill, for an entity sponsoring an interscholastic or intercollegiate sports event or any person performing services as a sports official for a public entity or a private, nonprofit organization that sponsors an amateur sports event who (i) is engaged in the performance of his duties or (ii) is on the premises of such event prior to engaging in his duties or upon conclusion of his duties. The bill provides that such person, upon conviction, may be prohibited from attending any such sports event operated by the entity or organization that employed such sports official for a period of not less than six months as a term and condition of such sentence.

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Bill History

1/7/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101551D
Senate
1/7/2025
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Senate
1/10/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986)
Senate
1/15/2025
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/17/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
1/17/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/17/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
1/20/2025
Read second time and engrossed
Senate
1/21/2025
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/5/2025
Placed on Calendar
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
House of Delegates
2/10/2025
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/14/2025
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/14/2025
Committee substitute printed 25107101D-H1
House of Delegates
2/18/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986)
Senate
2/18/2025
Read second time
House of Delegates
2/19/2025
Read third time
House of Delegates
2/19/2025
Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
House of Delegates
2/19/2025
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
House of Delegates
2/19/2025
Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/20/2025
House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
Senate
3/7/2025
Enrolled
Senate
3/7/2025
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB986ER)
Senate
3/7/2025
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
3/10/2025
Signed by President
Senate
3/11/2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Senate
3/11/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/11/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB986)
Senate
3/21/2025
Approved by Governor-Chapter 361 (Effective 07/01/25)
3/21/2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361)

Roll Call Votes

House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
2/20/2025
37
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N)
2/19/2025
97
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2/14/2025
21
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2/10/2025
8
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
1/21/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
1/17/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
1/15/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(3/21/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Democrat: 1

Documents

Chaptered
Bill Text3/21/202513.5 KB
Enrolled
Bill Text3/7/202513.7 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/14/202514.6 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/10/202514.6 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/10/202514.6 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/7/202514.6 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis3/11/2025116.5 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/18/2025112.9 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/10/2025112.7 KB