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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Unmanned aircraft system; trespass, military airfield or military helicopter landing zone, penalty."
+description: "Provides that any person who knowingly and intentionally causes an unmanned aircraft system to take off or land in violation of current Federal Aviation Administration Special Security Instructions or UAS Security Sensitive Airspace Restrictions is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 1636"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1636 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Aviation", "Crimes and Offenses Generally"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-11-15"
+last_action: "2019-03-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/074731dc-113c-4cb6-8741-2d3224637b46"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1636"
+source_hash: "a05dd8313121d30422ed9c1f3bf7738c57ad482875080efb640a977809e40be7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1636 (2019) — Unmanned aircraft system; trespass, military airfield or military helicopter landing zone, penalty.
+
+Provides that any person who knowingly and intentionally causes an unmanned aircraft system to take off or land in violation of current Federal Aviation Administration Special Security Instructions or UAS Security Sensitive Airspace Restrictions is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0612)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0612)
+2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1636)
+3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1636ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1636ER)
+4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19104483D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1636H1)
+5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100556D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1636)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate — **39–1** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read third time and passed House — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-15** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100556D `introduction`
+- **2018-11-15** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-10** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2019-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 19104483D-H1
+- **2019-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1636H1
+- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
+- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
+- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
+- **2019-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 612 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/074731dc-113c-4cb6-8741-2d3224637b46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+