2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB1726: Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; definitions, contracted defense facility, penalty.

Legislative Summary

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.

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Bill History

1/4/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104141D
House of Delegates
1/4/2025
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
House of Delegates
1/8/2025
Impact statement from VCSC (HB1726)
House of Delegates
1/28/2025
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
House of Delegates
1/31/2025
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
1/31/2025
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
1/31/2025
Committee substitute printed 25106135D-H1
House of Delegates
2/2/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Read second time
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Senate
2/5/2025
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Senate
2/5/2025
Impact statement from VCSC (HB1726)
House of Delegates
2/7/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1726)
House of Delegates
2/10/2025
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/10/2025
Committee substitute printed 25106977D-S1
Senate
2/11/2025
Impact statement from VCSC (HB1726)
House of Delegates
2/12/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1726)
House of Delegates
2/12/2025
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/13/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
2/13/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/13/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
2/14/2025
Read third time
Senate
2/14/2025
Reading of substitute waived
Senate
2/14/2025
Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
Senate
2/14/2025
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Senate
2/14/2025
Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/18/2025
Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/20/2025
Enrolled
House of Delegates
2/20/2025
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1726ER)
House of Delegates
2/20/2025
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
2/23/2025
Signed by President
Senate
2/24/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1726)
House of Delegates
3/5/2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
House of Delegates
3/5/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/24/2025
Approved by Governor-Chapter 374 (Effective 07/01/25)
3/24/2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374)

Roll Call Votes

Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
2/18/2025
95
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
5
Absent
Result: PASSED
Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 0-N)
2/14/2025
36
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
4
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
2/13/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2/12/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
2/10/2025
14
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
2/4/2025
99
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
2/4/2025
97
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
1/31/2025
20
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
1/31/2025
8
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(3/24/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates

Documents

Chaptered
Bill Text3/24/20256.2 KB
Enrolled
Bill Text2/20/20256.4 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/11/20256.9 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/1/20258.5 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text1/27/20258.3 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/4/20257.9 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/24/2025126.5 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/12/2025127.2 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/11/202535.7 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/7/2025127.5 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/5/202535.7 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/9/2025127.3 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/8/2025165.7 KB