Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; contracted defense facility, penalty.
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 HB 1726.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Dec 10, 2024
Signed Mar 24, 2025
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MINOR
This bill formalizes the legislative process for SB 757 by updating the session year to 2025 and assigning it a specific chapter number (381) in the Virginia Acts of Assembly. The text also updates the approval date to March 24, 2025, indicating the bill has officially become law.
Scope change
The bill's substantive scope regarding trespass with unmanned aircraft systems remains unchanged; only the administrative metadata was updated.
TECHNICAL
Updated the session year from a generic placeholder to '2025'.
Added the specific chapter number '381' to the official title of the act.
Changed the approval date to 'March 24, 2025'.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 23, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2025
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 23, 2025
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
10
Committee
5
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 381 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB757ER)
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Dec 10, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mamie Locke
DDemocratic
Co
Bill DeSteph
RRepublican
Co
Christie Craig
RRepublican
Co
Lashrecse Aird
DDemocratic
Co
Russet Perry
DDemocratic
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