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Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; contracted defense facility; penalty. Creates a Class 4 felony for any person who knowingly, intentionally, and without authorization causes an unmanned aircraft system to enter the property of and obtains or attempts to obtain any videographic or still image that contains or reveals any controlled technical information located within a contracted defense facility, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill also provides that the owner or operator of a contracted defense facility and its employees shall be immune from criminal prosecution and civil liability as a result of preventing, stopping, deterring, interrupting, or repelling, or attempting to prevent, stop, deter, interrupt, or repel, an unmanned aircraft system from entering the property of such contracted defense facility or from stopping, interrupting, or repelling, or attempting to stop, interrupt, or repel, an unmanned aircraft system that has entered such property, provided that such action does not result in injury to any person. This bill is identical to SB 757.
Introduced
Jan 4, 2025
Last Action
Mar 24, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 26 co
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 374 (Effective 07/01/25)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1726)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1726ER)
Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
Reading of substitute waived
Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 0-N)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1726)
Impact statement from VCSC (HB1726)
Committee substitute printed 25106977D-S1
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1726)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Impact statement from VCSC (HB1726)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
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 25106135D-H1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
Impact statement from VCSC (HB1726)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104141D
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374)
Marcia S. "Cia" Price
Bonita G. Anthony
Michael B. Feggans
Phil M. Hernandez
Israel D. O'Quinn
Jason S. Ballard
Nadarius E. Clark
Debra D. Gardner
C. Todd Gilbert
Jackie H. Glass
W. Chad Green
Rozia A. Henson, Jr.
Amy J. Laufer
Atoosa R. Reaser
Briana D. Sewell
Mark D. Sickles
Shelly A. Simonds
Joshua E. Thomas
Kathy K.L. Tran
Michael J. Webert
Rodney T. Willett