Elections; certain conduct prohibited at polling places applicable to locations for absentee voting.
Summary
Elections administration; certain activities or conduct prohibited at polling places applicable to locations for absentee voting in person; prohibited possession of firearm within 100 feet of certain locations. Clarifies that the provisions of law prohibiting certain activities or conduct in and around a polling place shall also apply to locations where absentee voting in person is available. The bill also prohibits any person, with certain exceptions, from (i) knowingly carrying any firearm and (ii) knowingly doing so within 100 feet of the entrance of a polling place, the building used by the local electoral board to meet to ascertain election results, the building used to conduct a recount of an election, and other additional locations used for voting-related and elections-related activities. Under current law, this prohibition applies within 40 feet of such entrances.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Vetoed
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Vetoed Apr 11, 2026
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What changed between versions
Privileges and Elections Substitute
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Enrolled
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3 edits
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Mar 6, 2026
MINOR
This bill finalizes the text of HB 909 by updating formatting and punctuation to match official legislative style. The substantive policy content, including new firearm restrictions at polling places and registration sites, remains unchanged from the previous version.
TECHNICAL
Added the 'ENROLLED' status header and removed the 'OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION' line to reflect that the bill has been approved and is now the final enrolled version.
Inserted non-breaking spaces (represented as § ) between section numbers and titles throughout the document to ensure proper formatting in the official code.
Standardized the spacing in legal citations (e.g., changing '§ 2.2-3701' to '§ 2.2-3701') to align with official legislative style requirements.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2026
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 26, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
11
Committee
7
Apr 11, 2026
Vetoed
Governor's recommendation received by House
executive
Mar 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB909ER)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
House committee offered
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Committee
Assigned HPE sub: Election Administration
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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