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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 HB 1726.
Introduced
Dec 10, 2024
Last Action
Mar 24, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 4 co
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 381 (Effective 07/01/25)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
Signed by President
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB757)
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB757ER)
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled bill reprinted 25104637D
Enrolled
Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
Passed House (95-Y 0-N)
Read third time
Read second time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB757)
Impact statement from VCSC (SB757)
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 25106788D-H1
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Read first time
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
Read second time
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Committee substitute agreed to
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-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 (SB757)
Committee substitute printed 25104637D-S1
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB757)
Impact statement from VCSC (SB757)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101472D
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381)
Mamie E. Locke