2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2527: Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; state parks, penalty.

Legislative 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.

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Bill History

1/8/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103742D
House of Delegates
1/8/2025
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
House of Delegates
1/9/2025
Impact statement from VCSC (HB2527)
House of Delegates
1/20/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2527)
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Left in Courts of Justice
House of Delegates

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/8/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Courts of Justice(House of Delegates)

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/8/20258.4 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/20/2025125.6 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/9/2025168.0 KB