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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session
HB909Elections; certain conduct prohibited at polling places applicable to locations for absentee voting.
Direction
FirearmsotherAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Expands the distance for the firearm prohibition from 40 feet to 100 feet at polling places, electoral board meetings, registrar offices, registration sites, absentee voting locations, and recount sites, and changes the language from 'possess' to 'carry on or about his person' while adding limited,
It is unlawful for any person (i) to knowingly carry on or about his person any firearm as defined in § 18.2-308.2:2 and (ii) to knowingly do so within 100 feet of any building, or part thereof, used as a meeting place for the local electoral board, unless such person is (a) a law-enforcement officer or a retired law-enforcement officer qualified pursuant to subsection C of § 18.2-308.016; (b) occupying his own private property that falls within 100 feet of the building used as a meeting place; or (c) an armed security officer, licensed pursuant to Article 4 (§ 9.1-138 et seq.) of Chapter 1 of
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Law
Stage: Law · step 6 of 6
Last action
2026-04-22: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1078)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill repeatedly adds or amends provisions that prohibit knowingly carrying a firearm (as defined in § 18.2-308.2:2) within 100 feet of polling places, electoral board meetings, general registrar offices, additional voter registration sites, central absentee voting precincts, State Board meetings, and recount locations, expanding the restricted distance from the prior 40 feet in several sections and changing 'possess' to 'carry'; exceptions are provided for certain law-enforcement, private property owners, and licensed armed security officers. No other listed topics are substantively and
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Hearings and calendar
2026-02-02 16:00 · Hearing · House Privileges and Elections: Election Administration Hearing House South Subcommittee Room - 210
2026-02-24 19:00 · Hearing · Senate Privileges and Elections Hearing Senate Room B, Room 306, General Assembly Building
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2026-02-02
H
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
6-2
Passed
2026-02-06
H
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 7-N)