---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public aircraft; extends sunset provision."
description: "Definition of public aircraft; sunset. Extends from September 1, 2023, to July 1, 2025, the sunset of changes made to the definition of \"public aircraft\" by the 2018 Session of the General Assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 653"
citation: "Virginia SB 653 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Cosgrove, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bda5f03-cf21-44ba-a689-81b6dc9d9292"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB653"
source_hash: "64aff177190af16da2f74b9fa055aa9dc518014f3761efe9bfb4771127ae37bb"
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 SB 653 (2022) — Public aircraft; extends sunset provision.

Definition of public aircraft; sunset. Extends from September 1, 2023, to July 1, 2025, the sunset of changes made to the definition of "public aircraft" by the 2018 Session of the General Assembly.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0136** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0136)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106548D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB653S1)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 22103541D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB653)
4. **SB653ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB653ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 22103541D `introduction`
- **2022-01-18** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute printed 22106548D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22106548D-S1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB653S1
- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB653S1)
- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Enrolled
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **2022-03-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB653ER)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 136 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bda5f03-cf21-44ba-a689-81b6dc9d9292`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).