SB 87 VA

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Local government sporting events and sporting facilities; automated external defibrillators. Requires localities to ensure that operational automated external defibrillators are available at local government sporting events and sporting facilities. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2028.

• William M. Stanley, Jr. Republican · primary

1. Dec 30, 2025 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102121D · upper
2. Dec 30, 2025 Referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
3. Jan 14, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (1/14/2026 11:55 am) · upper
4. Feb 9, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
5. Feb 9, 2026 Reported from Local Government with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) · upper
6. Feb 9, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106933D-S1 · upper
7. Feb 10, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
8. Feb 10, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
9. Feb 10, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
10. Feb 11, 2026 Read second time · upper
11. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
12. Feb 11, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
13. Feb 12, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
14. Feb 17, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
15. Feb 17, 2026 Read first time · lower
16. Feb 17, 2026 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns · lower
17. Feb 17, 2026 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
18. Feb 19, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) · lower
19. Feb 20, 2026 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) · lower
20. Feb 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (2/23/2026 10:48 am) · upper
21. Feb 23, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay · lower
22. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) · lower
23. Feb 27, 2026 Read second time · lower
24. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · lower
25. Mar 2, 2026 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
26. Mar 2, 2026 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House · lower
27. Mar 2, 2026 Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
28. Mar 5, 2026 Enrolled · upper
29. Mar 5, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB87ER) · upper
30. Mar 5, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
31. Mar 5, 2026 Signed by President · upper
32. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · upper
33. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
34. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter481 (Effective 7/1/2028) · executive
35. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0481) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Local Government Substitute · PDF
• Local Government Substitute · HTML
• Local Government Substitute · PDF
• Local Government Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML