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Mail theft; penalty. Creates the offense of mail theft, punishable as a Class 6 felony, for any person who (i) knowingly, willfully, and with the intent to deprive, injure, damage, or defraud another (a) takes, destroys, hides, or embezzles mail or (b) obtains any mail by fraud or deception; (ii) buys, receives, conceals, or possesses (a) mail and knows or reasonably should know that the mail was unlawfully taken or obtained; (b) any key he knows or reasonably should know is suited to any lock adopted by the United States Postal Service that provides access to any mail receptacle located in a cluster mailbox unit or other mailbox panel used for the purpose of centralized mail in any neighborhood, including any condominium or apartment complex; or (c) a counterfeit device or key designed to provide access to any lock described in clause (b); or (iii) knowingly, willfully, and with the intent to steal any mail inside damages, opens, removes, injures, vandalizes, or destroys any mail receptacle. This bill is identical to SB 939.
Introduced
Jan 4, 2025
Last Action
Mar 19, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 2 co
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0128)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 128 (Effective 07/01/25)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
Signed by President
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1715ER)
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1715)
Enrolled
Passed Senate (35-Y 1-N)
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Passed by for the day
Rules suspended
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 1-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1715)
Impact statement from VCSC (HB1715)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
Read second time
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
Read first time
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 25106577D-H1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
Impact statement from VCSC (HB1715)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102652D
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0128)
Vivian E. Watts
Amy J. Laufer
Michelle Lopes Maldonado