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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 HB 1715.
Introduced
Jan 6, 2025
Last Action
Mar 19, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0132)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 132 (Effective 07/01/25)
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m.,March 24, 2025
Signed by President
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB939)
Signed by Speaker
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB939ER)
Enrolled
Passed House (96-Y 0-N)
Read third time
Read second time
Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB939)
Read second time
Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
Reading of substitute waived
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
Impact statement from VCSC (SB939)
Passed by for the day
Rules suspended
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 25106421D-S2
Impact statement from VCSC (SB939)
Committee substitute printed 25106095D-S1
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB939)
Impact statement from VCSC (SB939)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102103D
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0132)
Saddam Azlan Salim