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Use of unmanned aircraft systems by public bodies; search warrant required; exceptions. Adds the Department of Environmental Quality to the list of exceptions to the warrant requirement for the use of an unmanned aircraft system by public bodies for the implementation and civil enforcement of the Virginia Water Resources and Wetlands Protection Program, the Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Act, and erosion and sediment control in localities without a Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program against a permittee.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB950)
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB950ER)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read third time
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB950)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House as amended
committee amendments agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB950)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 3-N)
Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102887D
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Alfonso H. Lopez