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1 | 1 | 2025 SESSION | |
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3 | 3 | INTRODUCED | |
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5 | 5 | 25101528D | |
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7 | 7 | HOUSE BILL NO. 1751 | |
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9 | 9 | Offered January 8, 2025 | |
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11 | 11 | Prefiled January 4, 2025 | |
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13 | 13 | A BILL to amend and reenact 24.2-605 of the Code of Virginia, relating to elections; general provisions; loudspeakers prohibited at polls and certain other locations; penalty. | |
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17 | 17 | PatronEnnis | |
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21 | 21 | Committee Referral Pending | |
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25 | 25 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: | |
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27 | 27 | 1. That 24.2-605 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: | |
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29 | 29 | 24.2-605. Loudspeakers prohibited at polls and certain other locations; penalty. | |
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31 | 31 | Notwithstanding any contrary statute or ordinance of a county, city, or town, except for school purposes or in an emergency, no loudspeaker shall be used within 300 feet of (i) a polling place on an election day or (ii) the office of the general registrar, a central absentee voter precinct, or a voter satellite office on election day and during hours when such facilities are open for the purpose of casting absentee ballots. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. |