HB 909 — Elections; certain conduct prohibited at polling places applicable to locations for absentee voting.
VA 20261 session
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.
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Sponsors (10)
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — sponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- JJ Singh (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Garrett McGuire (D, VA) — cosponsor
- May Nivar (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Atoosa R. Reaser (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Saddam Azlan Salim (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (45)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Atoosa R. Reaser (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Garrett McGuire (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | JJ Singh (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | May Nivar (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Nadarius E. Clark (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Rae Cousins (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Saddam Azlan Salim (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no